Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ma·nθehsi

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*ma·nθehsi

1. flint, flintstone, knife

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Cheyenne: mótšėškeh, motȧhke
  • Arapaho: wóoxe
• Central Algonquian:
  • Fox: mâtethi
  • Miami: maalhsi
  • Shawnee: maanehθi
  • Kickapoo: maateθi
  • Naskapi: ᒪᑎᔅ (matis)
  • Montagnais: matish
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Unami: mahëlës
  • Munsee: máhlus
  • Mahican: mãʔnith
  • Mi'kmaq: mals

Some Eastern Algonquian forms appear in compounds with *-a·peθk- (“stone”)

• • The first morpheme in malsapsq (“flintstone”)
  • The first morpheme in Massachusett: môhshipsq (“flintstone”)

References

• Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, →DOI, →JSTOR
• David Costa, Shawnee Noun Plurals, in Anthropological Linguistics, 43:3 (2001)