Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/wa·waʔlewe

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

*wa·waʔlewe

1. egg

Descendants

• Proto-Algonquian: *wa·wal(w)i (“egg”) (see there for further descendants)
• Wiyot: wóhl (“roe”)
• Yurok: woolew (“roe of several fish”), woorew (“roe of one fish”)

References

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