Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mahwe·wa

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

*mahwe·wa

1. wolf

Descendants

• Fox: mahwêwa
• Kickapoo: mahweea
• Shawnee: mawheh
• Miami: mahweewa
• Potawatomi: mo'ewé
• Menominee: mahww

Synonyms

• *mahiᐧnkana

References

• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Hewson (1993)