Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/peʔθaᐧnwi

Proto-Algonquian

Verb

*peʔθaᐧnwi

1. it snows

Descendants

• Abenaki: psô(n) (“it snows”)
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: psan
• Mi'kmaq: pesaq

Synonyms

• *mexponwi
• *so·kixpowi
• *piᐧwanwi

References

• Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)