Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔtekwa

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

Animate counterpart of *meʔtekwi (“stick”).

Noun

*meʔtekwa

1. tree

Related terms

• *meʔtekwa·pyi (“bow”)

Descendants

• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Unami: probably the middle element of wemahtekëne (“he is all over the woods”), wemahtekënis (“mythical creature (dwarf, leprechaun) that lives in the woods”)
  • Munsee: míhtukw (“tree”)
  • Ojibwe: mitig anim (“tree”)
  • Powhatan: meihtucs

Either from this term or a related term:

• Central Algonquian:
  • Fox: mehtêha (“bow”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Massachusett: muhtugquash (or from *meʔtekwari ?)
  • Narragansett: mihtuckquash (or from *meʔtekwari ?)

See also

• *-a·xkw-

References

• Bulletin: Anthropological series (1967), issue 78, page 56