Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/kene·pikwa

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

Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).

Noun

*kene·pikwa

snake

Synonyms

*aθko·ka (“snake”)

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Menominee: kenu·pik (“snake”)
- Ojibwe: ginebig (“snake”) / ᑭᓀᐱᒃ (“snake”)
- Miami: kineepikwa (“snake”)

References

Hockett (1957)
Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN