Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/papikwa

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

Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).

Noun

*papikwa

1. flea

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Ojibwe: babig (“flea”)
  • Ottawa: bbig
  • Miami: papikwa (“flea”)
  • Kickapoo: papikwa (“flea”)
  • Shawnee: papikwa
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: pabikw (“flea”)
  • ‘’Delaware’’
  • Unami: ahpikw (“flea”)
  • Munsee: apíikw (“flea”)
  • Wampanoag: papekq (“flea”)

References

• Goddard (1982)