Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·hsa

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

Noun

*e·hsa

shell; mollusc/mollusk

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Cree: êsa / ᐁᓴ (esa, “clam shell, sea shell”)
- Ojibwe: es (“clam; shell”)
- Fox: êthîha (“shell; shellfish”)
- Miami: eehsa
Eastern Algonquian:
- Mohegan-Pequot: ayáhs (“seashell, shell”)
- Unami: èhës (“clam; clamshell”)

References

Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
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