Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/-wi·wa

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

Noun

*-wi·wa

1. wife

Descendants

• Wiyot: duwiw (“my wife”)
• Proto-Algonquian: *-wi·wa (“wife”)

References

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