Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/eškwete·wi

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

*eškwete·wi

1. fire

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian
  • Cheyenne: ho'ēsta (“fire”)
  • Arapaho: hisitee
  • Gros Ventre: isítee
• Central Algonquian:
  • Plains Cree: iskotêw, ᐃᐢᑯᑌᐤ
  • Southern East Cree: ᐃᔥᑯᑌᐤ (ishkotew)
  • Northern East Cree: ᐃᔥᑯᑖᐤ (ishkotaaw)
  • Montagnais: ishkuteu
  • Naskapi: ᐃᔅᑯᑕᐤ (iskutaw)
  • Atikamekw: ickotew, ickote
  • Menominee: esko·tɛ·w (“fire”)
  • Potawatomi: shkote'
  • Ojibwe: ishkode
  • Ottawa: shkode
  • Fox: shkotêwi
  • Kickapoo: oskotei
  • Shawnee: skote
  • Miami: iskoteewi (“fire”) (older form) → koteewi (“fire”) (modern form)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: skweda (“fire, flame”)
  • Penobscot: skwude·' (“fire”)
  • Massachusett: squtta
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sqot

See also

• *mehši (“firewood”)

References

• Bloomfield (1946)