Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/sʔe·gʔ-

This Proto-Algic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Algic

Alternative forms

*sʔe·gʷ-

Noun

*sʔe·gʔ-

the madrone tree (Arbutus menziesii) or its fruit

Descendants

Yurok: s'e'goh (“madrone tree”)
Wiyot: the first element of ca'g(itcôk) (“madrona (berries)”) (in Reichard's 1925 orthography), ŝág(iŝɨ?n) (“madrone”) (i.e. šág(išɨʔn)) (in Proulx's 1992 orthography), šog(ičhahn) (“madrone berries”) (in the 1993 Wiyot handbook’s orthography)

References

Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992) (*sʔe·gʷ-)
Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004) (*sʔe·gʔ-)