Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pešehkiwa

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

Alternative forms

• pešexkyiwa

Noun

*pešehkiwa

1. buffalo, bison (most likely the wood bison rather than the plains bison)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree:
    • Plains Cree: ᐱᓯᐢᑭᐤ (pisiskiw, “animal, beast”)
  • Menominee: pesɛ·hkiw (“cow, ox, bison”)
  • Ojibwe: bizhiki (“cow, bison, buffalo”)
    • (loanword:) Swampy Cree: pisihkiw (“buffalo”)
• Eastern Algonquian: *pəšəĥkəw
  • Abenaki: pziko
  • Penobscot: wə̀sihko

References

• Siebert (1975)
• Papers of the 25th Algonquian Conference (1994) (has *pešexkyiwa)