Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/wʔeɬkwene

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The initial w- either is the third-person prefix *w-, or came to be re-analysed as it. Compare *wʔeθkan.

Noun

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*wʔeɬkwene

  1. liver

Descendants

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  • Yurok: 'wrhlkun (liver)
  • Wiyot: watwar (liver)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *-θkweni (liver)

References

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