Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e

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 the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok hek' (“I say”).

Verb

*e

1. say (so)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Miami: iwa (“he says”)

References

• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
• J. Blevins, A. Garrett, The rise and fall of l sandhi in California Algic (2007)