Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ašiškiwi

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

*ašiškiwi

1. mud, dirt

Descendants

• Abenaki: azesko (“mud”)
• Atikamekw: acicki
• Plains Cree: asiskiy
• Montagnais: ashissu (“mud”)
• Miami: ašiihkiwi (“land, dirt”)
• Munsee: ăsíiskuw (ăsí·skəw, “mud”)
• Unami: sisku (“mud, clay”)
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: ososq (“mud”)
• Mi'kmaq: sisgu
• Penobscot: ásəsko

References

• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Goddard (1982)