Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθko·ka

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

• *aɬko·ka (alternative orthography)

Noun

*aθko·ka

1. (Eastern Algonquian) snake

Synonyms

• *kene·pikwa (“snake”)

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • probably Arapaho siisiiyei
• Eastern Algonquian: *axkōk (“snake”)
  • Abenaki: skog (“snake”)
  • Penobscot: skok
  • Narragansett: askug, askûg (“snake”)
  • Massachusett: askꝏk
  • Mohegan-Pequot: skok (“snake”)
  • Quiripi: skwk
  • Mahican: ach-gòok/ka-cokh/ha-còkh (“snake”), Mahican: xkook, Mahican: skook.
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: athusoss
  • Munsee: áxkook (áxko·k, “snake”), the second element of (w')axkok
  • Unami: xkuk (“snake”)
  • Nanticoke: àsch-guuk; ath-quoke/ah!skoke (Choptank dialect)

References

• Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)
• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 83 (1975)