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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·kwehsa

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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

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Etymology

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The term resembles Yurok wɹgɹs (fox), but Goddard rejects the idea that the two terms go back to one Algic root, and describes the Yurok word as a regular derivative of the verb stem wrsry- (be thin)[1] (compare wrsryehl (they (pieces of cloth) are thin).

The term seems to be (*w- + ) *-a·kw- + *-ehsa.

Noun

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*wa·kwehsa

  1. fox
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  • *a·kw (bushy-tailed animal (fox))

Descendants

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  • Plains Algonquian:
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Menominee: wa·koh (fox)
    • Ojibwe: waagosh / ᐙᑯᔥ (fox)
    • Atikamekw: wakoc
    • Algonquin: wonkis (fox)
    • Potawatomi: wekshi (fox)
    • Fox: wâkoshêha (fox)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mi'kmaq: wokwis (fox)
    • Abenaki: ôkwses, wôkwses (fox)
    • Penobscot: kwɑ'ŋk'ʷsəs (fox)
    • Powhatan: ouxe (fox)
    • probably Malecite-Passamaquoddy: qaqsoss (fox)
    • Massachusett: wonksis, wonkqŭssis (fox)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: wôks (fox)
    • Mahican: waugoosus (fox)
    • Unami: òkwës (fox)

See also

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References

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  • Contributions to Anthropology: Linguistics (1967)
  • William Cowan, Papers of the sixth Algonquian Conference, 1974, page 134
  1. ^ Ives Goddard, Sapir's Comparative Method, in New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality, page 199