Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/šema·lt-

This Proto-Algic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algic

Alternative forms

• *sema·lt-

Etymology

Proulx compares the term to Proto-Pomo *xihmúy (“bow”).

Noun

*šema·lt-

1. bow (weapon which uses arrows as ammunition)

Descendants

• Yurok: smohtar' (“bow (weapon)”) (with -a'r (“stick”)), 'ne-somot (“my bow”)
• >? Wiyot: šbót (“bow”)

References

• Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)