Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/ixakanika

This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean

Etymology

Connected by Haas (1952) to Natchez we, wi, Tunica háli, Chitimacha ney (assumed to be from earlier *neyV, most likely *neya), and Atakapa ne, resulting in her reconstruction of Proto-Gulf *ihaɣʷañiɣa.^[1]

The existence of Proto-Gulf is not widely accepted by other linguists.

Noun

*ixakanika^[2]

land

Reconstruction notes

Haas (1952) reconstructs the term as *ihakanika^[1], modern consensus is to use *x instead of *h though.

Descendants

Alabama: ihaani
Chickasaw: yaakniꞌ
Choctaw: yakni
Creek: iikana
Hitchiti: yakni
Koasati: ihaani
Mikasuki: yakni

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Haas, Mary. (1952). "The Proto-Gulf word for 'land' (with notes on Proto-Siouan)". International Journal of American Linguistics 18:238–240.
^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

[Haas-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Haas, Mary. (1952). "The Proto-Gulf word for 'land' (with notes on Proto-Siouan)". International Journal of American Linguistics 18:238–240.

[2] Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

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