Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθko·ka
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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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- *aɬko·ka (alternative orthography)
Noun
[edit]*aθko·ka
- (Eastern Algonquian) snake
Synonyms
[edit]- *kene·pikwa (“snake”)
Descendants
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)