Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mekwehsi

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

*mekwehsi

1. awl

Descendants

• Blackfoot: moksís
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Abenaki-Penobscot
    • Abenaki: megos
    • Penobscot: mə̀kohs
  • Lenape
    • Munsee: mŭkóos (“awl, nail”)
    • Unami: mëkus
  • Mohegan-Pequot: muquhs (“awl”)
  • Loup A: mĕkᴕs
  • Mahican:
  • Massachusett: mukqs
  • Powhatan: vmeqwussum
• Menominee:
• Miami:
• Ojibwe: migoos
  • Eastern Ojibwa: mgoos
  • Ottawa: mgoos
  • Western Ojibwa:
• Potawatomi: megos
• Sac-Fox-Kickapoo
  • Fox: mikosi
  • Kickapoo:
• Shawnee:

Further reading

• Ives Goddard, The Historical Phonology of Munsee, International Journal of American Linguistics, 48:1, pp. 16-48, 1982.