Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wi·nteko·wa

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

Noun

*wi·nteko·wa

1. owl
2. malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree:
    • Plains Cree: wîhtikow, ᐑᐦᑎᑯᐤ (“wendigo, wihtikow”)
      • → English: wihtikow
  • Ojibwe: wiindigoo (“cannibalistic spirit; cannibalistic monster”)
    • → English: wendigo
  • Fox: wîtekowa (“owl”)
  • Miami: miintikwa (“screech owl”)

References

• Goddard (1969), cited in Brightman (1988:340)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN