Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mehši
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algic *mehše (“fire”).
Noun
[edit]*mehši (plural *mehθari or *mehɬari)[1][2][3]
- piece of firewood
Descendants
[edit]- Plains Algonquian:
- probably Blackfoot miszís (“tree; log”) (in the plural, "firewood")
- Central Algonquian:
- Plains Cree: mihti (“(piece of) firewood”)
- Ojibwe: mishi (“(piece of) firewood”)
- Algonquin: misan (“firewood”)
- Miami: mihsi (“piece of firewood”), mihsa (“pieces of firewood”)
- Menominee: maehsēw (“piece of firewood”)
- Moose Cree: mihti (“piece of firewood”), mihta (“pieces of firewood”)
- Southern East Cree: ᒥᐦᑦ (miht)
- Eastern Algonquian:
- possibly Unami mësakw (“log”)
See also
[edit]- *eškwete·wi (“fire”)
References
[edit]- ^ Berman, Howard (1992) “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, number 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR, page 321
- ^ Goddard, Ives (2015) “Arapaho Historical Morphology”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 57, number 4, University of Nebraska Press, , →JSTOR, page 353
- ^ Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, , →JSTOR, page 43