Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ki·šekatwi

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

Related to Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧšeʔθwa (“sun”).

Noun

*ki·šekatwi

1. day

Descendants

• Western Algonquian
  • Blackfoot: ksiistsikó (“day, sky”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: kîsikâw / ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (“day”)
    • Plains Cree: kîsikâw, ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (“day”); kîsik, ᑮᓯᐠ (“sky”)
  • Menominee: kesekat (“day”)
  • Miami: kiišikatwi (“it is such a day”)
  • Montagnais (Innu Aimun): tshishikᵘ (“day”), kashikat (“when it is day, today”)
  • Naskapi: ᒋᓯᒄ (chisikw)/chiisikw (“day”)
  • Ojibwe: giizhig (“day”), giizhigad (“it is day”)
  • Odawa giizhgat (“day”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mohegan-Pequot: kisukat (“day, it is day”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: kiskot (“it is a day”)
  • Penobscot: kìsəkat (“it is day”)
  • Unami: kishux (“sun, moon, month”)
  • Western Abenaki kizokw (“day”)

References

• LeClaire, N., Cardinal, G., & Waugh, E. H., Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary, (Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press, 1998)
• The Lenape Talking Dictionary