Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/anyikwa

< Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian

Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/anyikwa

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*anyikwa[1][2][3]

1. squirrel

Descendants

• Central Algonquian
  • Naskapi: anischikuchâs (anischhikuchhâs)
  • Northern East Cree:

    Canadian syllabics: ᐊᓂᑯᒑᔥ (anikocaash)

    Latin: anikuchâsh

  • Plains Cree: (“squirrel”)

    Canadian syllabics: ᐊᓂᑲᐧᒑᐢ

    Latin: anikwacâs

  • Southern East Cree: (“squirrel”)

    Canadian syllabics: ᐊᓂᑯᒑᔥ (anikocaash)

    Latin: anikuchâsh

• Eastern Algonquian
  • Abenaki: anikwses (“chipmunk, ground squirrel”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: aniks (“chipmunk”)
  • Unami: xanikw (“squirrel”), anikwës (“ground squirrel”)

References

1. Bin Muzaffar, Towhid (1997) Computer simulation of Shawnee historical phonology (PhD Thesis)‎, Ann Arbor: Memorial University of Newfoundland, page 19
2. Goddard, Ives (1974), “An Outline of the Historical Phonology of Arapaho and Atsina”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 40, issue 2, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, JSTOR 1264344, page 107
3. Hewson, John (2017), “anyikwa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies