Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθko·ka

This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Alternative forms

*aɬko·ka (alternative orthography)

Noun

*aθko·ka

snake

Synonyms

*kene·pikwa (“snake”)

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- probably Arapaho siisiiyei
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: skog (“snake”)
- Penobscot: skok
- Narragansett: askug, askûg (“snake”)
- Mohegan-Pequot: skok (“snake”)
- Quiripi: skwk
- Mahican: ach-gòok/ka-cokh/ha-còkh (“snake”)
- Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: athussos (“snake”)
- Munsee: áxkook (áxko·k, “snake”), the second element of (w')axkok
- Unami: xkuk (“snake”)
- Nanticoke: àsch-guuk; ath-quoke/ah!skoke (Choptank dialect)

References

Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 83 (1975)