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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/me-
Proto-Algonquian
Alternative forms
- *met- (see usage notes at ne-)
- *mi·- (in some compounds, see usage notes at ne-)
Etymology
From Proto-Algic *meʔ-, whence also Yurok me- (“someone's”) and Wiyot b- (showing the hardening of the Proto-Algic nasal m to the stop b).
Prefix
*me-
- someone's; the third person, indefinite
- *mi·kiwa·ʔmi
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: mi-, ᒥ- (mi-)
- Menominee: mɛ-
- Ojibwe: mi-
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: m-
- Mohegan-Pequot: mu-
See also
- *ne-, *ke-, *we-