Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/wʔeɬkan
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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]- *wʔeθkan
- *wʔeɬkane, *wʔeθkane
Etymology
[edit]The initial w- either is the third-person prefix *w-, or came to be re-analysed as it. Compare *wʔeθkwene.
Noun
[edit]*wʔeɬkan
Descendants
[edit]- Yurok: 'werhlkerr' (“bone”)
- Wiyot: watkerat, wŭt-kŭ-dát (“bone”)
- Proto-Algonquian: *-θkani (“bone”)
References
[edit]- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)