Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xoCma

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

Possibly from the N-grade of *xomi (“(to be) spicy”) +‎ *-a (nominalizing suffix), compare Choctaw tishi homi.

Noun

*xoC₁ma

1. pepper

Descendants

• Alabama: hooma
• Chickasaw: hommaꞌ, homma (“to be red”)
  • Mobilian: homa
• ⇒ Creek: homvcate (“red pepper”), homvlane (“bell pepper”), homvlvste (“black pepper”)
• ⇒ Hitchiti: ho∙moci
• Koasati: hooma