Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/nyi·šwa·šika

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

Proto-Algonquian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *nyi·šwa·šika

Etymology

From *nyi·šwi (“two”). Compare the terms for 6 and 8, which were also formed (from 1 and 3, respectively) by the addition of *-a·šika.

Numeral

*nyi·šwa·šika

1. seven (7)

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian
  • Arapaho níísootox (“seven”) (nīsaⁿtaxᵘ)
  • Nawathinehena: nīciota (“seven”)
  • Cheyenne: nésȯhtȯhe- (“seven”)
  • Gros Ventre: nīθāⁿtos (“seven”)
• Central Algonquian
  • Ojibwe: niizhwaaswi (“seven”)
  • Innu (Montagnais): nishuasht (“seven”)
  • Old Montagnais: nîšwâšič (“seven”)
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Massachusett: nesáusuk, nəsasuk (“seven”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: nisôsk (“seven”)
  • Unami: nishash (“seven”)
  • Munsee: níishaash (“seven”)

See also

• *ta·paw-, whence some Algonquian languages derived their words for "seven"