Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔtekwi

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

Inanimate counterpart of *meʔtekwa (“tree”).

Noun

*meʔtekwi (plural *meʔtekwari)

1. stick

Related terms

• *meʔtekwa·pyi (“bow”)

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Arapaho: beeté' (béètéʔ) (“bow”)
  • Cheyenne: ma'ta (“bow”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: mistik/ᒥᐢᑎᐠ (mistik, “stick”)
  • Menominee: mɛqtek (“piece of wood; stick; wood; bow”)
  • Ojibwe: mitig (“stick”)
• Eastern Algonquian: *məhtəkʷ (“stick”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: muhtuq (“tree”)
  • Delaware:
    • Munsee: míhtkwus (“stick”)
    • Unami: mësakw (“log”)

See also

• *-a·xkw-

References

• Bulletin: Anthropological series (1967), issue 78, page 56
• Marc Picard, Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology: From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho