Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ehkwa

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 mohkoh (“head louse”) and Wiyot híkw (“louse”).

Noun

*ehkwa

1. louse

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • possibly Blackfoot o'komi (“flea”), imitáó’kom (“a flea”)
  • Cheyenne: -htaeme (“louse”), nȧ-htaeme (“my louse”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
    • Naskapi: ᐃᐧᒄ (iykw)
    • Atikamekw: iko
    • Montagnais: ikᵘ
    • Cree: ihkwa/ᐃᐦᑲᐧ (ihkay)
    • Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᐦᒄ (iiyihkw)
    • Southern East Cree: ᐄᐦᒄ (iihkw)
  • Ojibwe: ikwa (“louse”)
  • Menominee: akuah
  • Fox: (wâp)ihkwa
  • Miami: (waap)ihkwa
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • possibly Abenaki akemô (“louse”)

References

• Bloomfield (1946)
• Berman, Howard (1992) “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, number 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR