Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/mehše

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

*mehše

1. fire

Descendants

• Yurok: mech (“fire”)
• Wiyot: bás (“fire”)
• Proto-Algonquian: *mehši (“firewood”)

References

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