Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/pipo·ne

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

*pipo·ne

1. winter

Descendants

descendants of *pipo·ne and *pipo·n- (“be winter”)

• Yurok: kipun (“winter; be winter”) (with initial 'p' dissimilated to 'k' under the influence of kyah (“spring”), kelomehl (“fall, autumn”), keyoh, keyok (“early fall, early autumn”), kishen (“summer”))
• Proto-Algonquian: *pepo·ni (“winter”), *pepo·n- (“be winter”)

References

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