Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aʔšikanwa

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

*aʔšikanwa

1. black bass

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Menominee: aqsekan (“bass”)
  • Ojibwe: ashigan (“largemouth bass”)
  • Miami: ahšikana (“bass”)

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 (aʔšikan(w)a)