Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/ophÉ

Proto-Siouan

Etymology

From *o- (locative prefix) +‎ *phÉ (“to tread/walk”). Compare Catawba pe•ʔ (“to step”).

Verb

*ophÉ

1. to enter

Descendants

• Pre-Mandan: [Term?]
  • Mandan: ró•pxekereʔš (“they went in”)
• Proto-Mississippi-Valley: *ophÉ
  • Proto-Dakota: [Term?]
    • Dakota: ópa (“to follow”)
    • Lakota: óphA (“to follow”)
  • Proto-Dhegiha: [Term?]
    • Kansa: ophé
  • Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere: [Term?]
    • Chiwere: -owe (“to pass”), uwá (“to pass through”)
• Proto-Ohio-Valley: *ophé
  • Proto-Biloxi-Ofo: [Term?]
    • Ofo: ophĕ (“to come inside”)
  • Tutelo: opé (“to go”)

References

• Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology