Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/meʔ-

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

• *m-, *met-

Prefix

*meʔ-

1. someone's; the third person, indefinite

Descendants

• Yurok: 'me-, ʔme- (“someone's”)
• Wiyot: b- (showing the hardening of the proto-Algic nasal m to the stop b)
• Proto-Algonquian: *me-

See also

• *neʔ-, *weʔ-, *keʔ-