Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-wi·wa

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

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *-wi·wa.

Noun

*-wi·wa

1. wife

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Fox: nîwa (“my wife”)
  • Shawnee: kîwaki (“your wives”)
  • Miami: niwiiwa (“my wife”)
  • Ojibwe: ni-wiiw (“my wife”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mahican: wiwa, wewa, wewon (“wife”)
  • Munsee: nî́w (“my wife”)

References

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