Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/šenkwehsa

This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Noun

*šenkwehsa

1. weasel

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Cheyenne: xáa'e (“weasel”)
  • probably Blackfoot: siiyíí’kayi (“mink”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: sihkos / ᓯᐦᑯᐢ (sihkos, “weasel, ermine”)
  • Atikamekw: sikosiw (“weasel, ermine”)
  • Menominee: seko·h (“weasel”), sa·hkih (“mink”)
  • Ojibwe: zhingos (“weasel”)
  • Miami: šinkohsa (“mink”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: sagwasis (“weasel”)
  • Penobscot: sákʷehso (“weasel”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: soqehs (“weasel”)
  • probably Mi'kmaq: usgus (“weasel”)
  • Unami: sànkwe (“weasel”)

References

• Siebert (1967)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN