Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/ki·la·hka
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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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- *kela·hkewe, *kegela·hkewe (per Proulx (1992))
Noun
[edit]*ki·la·hka
Descendants
[edit]- Yurok: kelok (“goose”)
- Proto-Algonquian: the second element of *wa·pi-ki·la·hkwa (“snow goose”) (with analogical -w-, influenced by other birds' names)
References
[edit]- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992) (uses the forms *kela·hkewe, *kegela·hkewe)
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004) (uses this form)