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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/maˑnθehsi
Proto-Algonquian
Noun
*maˑnθehsi
- flint, flintstone, knife
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Fox: mâtethi
- Miami: maalhsi
- Shawnee: maanehθi
- Kickapoo: maateθi
- Possibly Montagnais matish
- Eastern Algonquian
- Unami: mahëlës
- Munsee: máhlus
- Mi'kmaq: mals
Some Eastern Algonquian forms appear in compounds with *-a·peθk- (“stone”)
- The first morpheme in malsapsq (“flintstone”)
- The first morpheme in Massachusett: môhshipsq (“flintstone”)
References
- Goddard, Ives (1982), “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, issue 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, DOI:, JSTOR 1264746
- David Costa, Shawnee Noun Plurals, in Anthropological Linguistics, 43:3 (2001)