Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/we-

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

• *wet- (see usage notes at ne-)
• *wi·- (in some compounds, see usage notes at ne-)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *weʔ-, whence also Yurok 'we-, ʔwe- (“her or his”) and Wiyot u-, w-.

Prefix

*we-

1. her, his; the third person

   *wi·piči (“her or his tooth”)

   *wi·yawi (“her or his body”)

   *wi·kiwa·ʔmi

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Blackfoot: o-
  • Cheyenne: he-
• Central Algonquian:
  • Menominee: o-
  • Fox: (o)w(î)-
  • Miami: a-
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: w-
  • Penobscot: u-, ud-
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: w-
  • Mohegan-Pequot: wu-
  • Unami: w-, wi-

See also

• *ne-, *ke-, *me-

References

• Goddard 1971 and 1975
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN