Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/pele·gʷa

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

*pele·gʷa

1. large bird

Descendants

• Proto-Algonquian: *pele·wa (“turkey, large edible game bird”)

References

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