Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/minkkoCo
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from an earlier term whence also Natchez miko, mekko, though it is also possible these were borrowed into Natchez through a Muskogean language.
Relation with Atakapa ko-i (“chief”) is a possibility.
Noun
[edit]*minkkoCₐₐo[1]
Descendants
[edit]- Alabama: mikko
- Chickasaw: minkoꞌ
- Choctaw: mi̱ko
- Mobilian: mĩko
- Creek: mēkko
- Hitchiti: miki
- Koasati: mikko
- Mikasuki: miki
- →? Natchez: miko, mekko (or possibly from the same Proto-Language, specifically Proto-Gulf)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.