Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·rikwa

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

• *e·likwa (alternative orthography)

Etymology

Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).

Noun

*e·rikwa (plural *e·rikwaki)

1. ant

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Cheyenne: hátšeške
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
    • Cree: êyik / ᐁᔨᐠ (eyik); êyikos / ᐁᔨᑯᐢ (eyikos)
    • Moose Cree: êlikw / ᐁᓕᒄ
    • Swampy Cree: eńik / ᐁᓂᒃ
    • Montagnais: anishku-eńikᵘ / enikᵘ
    • Atikamekw: erikoc

• • Ojibwe-Potawatomi
    • Ojibwe: enigoons
    • Algonquin: enik
  • Fox: ênikonôtha
  • Miami: eelikwa
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: alikws
  • Penobscot: ènikʷəss
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: eniqs
  • Massachusett: antannuneks
  • Mohegan-Pequot: áyiks
  • Delaware
    • Unami: èlikwës
    • Munsee: eelíikwus

References

• Siebert (1975)