Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mehši

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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mehši

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 Proto-Algic *mehše (“fire”).

Noun

*mehši (plural *mehθari or *mehɬari)[1][2][3]

1. piece of firewood

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • probably Blackfoot miszís (“tree; log”) (in the plural, "firewood")
• Central Algonquian:
  • Ojibwe: mishi (“(piece of) firewood”)
  • Algonquin: misan (“firewood”)
  • Miami: mihsi (“piece of firewood”), mihsa (“pieces of firewood”)
  • Moose Cree: mihti (“piece of firewood”), mihta (“pieces of firewood”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • possibly Unami mësakw (“log”)

See also

• *eškwete·wi (“fire”)

References

1. 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, page 321
2. Goddard, Ives (2015), “Arapaho Historical Morphology”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 57, issue 4, University of Nebraska Press, DOI:10.1353/anl.2016.0010, JSTOR i24877139, page 353
3. Goddard, Ives (1982), “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, issue 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, DOI:10.1086/465711, JSTOR 1264746, page 43