Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ehkwa

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

Etymology

From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok mohkoh (“head louse”) and Wiyot hikw (“louse”).

Noun

*ehkwa

louse

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- Cheyenne: -htaeme (“louse”), nȧ-htaeme (“my louse”)
Central Algonquian:
- Cree: ihkwa/ᐃᐦᑲᐧ (ihkay)
- Ojibwe: ikwa (“louse”)
- Fox: (wâp)ihkwa
- Miami: (waap)ihkwa
Eastern Algonquian:
- possibly Abenaki akemô (“louse”)

References

Bloomfield (1946)
Berman, Howard (1992), “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, issue 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, JSTOR 3519790