Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/eškwa·nte·mi

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

*eškwa·nte·mi

1. door

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Plains Cree: iskwâhtêm (“door”)
  • Atikamekw: ickwatem (“door”)
  • Menominee: eskuahtem (“door”)
  • Ojibwe: ishkwaandem (“door”)
  • Potawatomi: shkwate'm (“door”)
  • Fox: shkwâtêmi (“door”) (oskwaateemi)
  • Shawnee: skwaate (“door”)
  • Miami: eskwaanteemi (“door”), (ah)kwaanteemi (“door”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Massachuset: squóntam (“door”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: sqôt (“door”)
  • Quiripi: squnt (“door”) (Unquachog)
  • Unami: skòntay (“doorway, door”), possibly mwëskònteyëm (“her or his door”)

References

• David Costa, Shawnee Noun Plurals, in Anthropological Linguistics, 43:3 (2001)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN