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Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *pele·nyikwa.[1] By surface analysis, pële (“fowl”) + -nikw, a word-final form derived from Proto-Algonquian *anyikwa (“squirrel”).
Cognate of Abenaki planikw.
Noun
pëlenikw anim
- flying squirrel
References
- ^ Siebert, Frank T. (1967) A.D. DeBlois, editor, Contributions to Anthropology: Linguistics I (Algonquian), Ottawa, The original home of the Proto-Algonquian people, page 22