Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-neθki

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

Alternative forms

• *-neɬki (alternative orthography)

Noun

*-neθki

1. hand

   *neneθki (“my hand”)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Potawatomi: nec (“hand”)
  • Fox: -nehki (“hand”)
  • Menominee: nenɛ·h (“my hand, arm”)
  • Miami: ninehki (“my hand”), kinehki (“your hand”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mohegan-Pequot: nic (“hand”)
  • Unami: nàxk (“hand”)

References

• Siebert (1941)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN