Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-neθki

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

Alternative forms

*-neɬki (alternative orthography)

Noun

*-neθki

hand
*neneθki (“my hand”)

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Potawatomi: nec (“hand”)
- Fox: -nehki (“hand”)
- Menominee: nenɛ·h (“my hand, arm”)
- Miami: ninehki (“my hand”), kinehki (“your hand”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Mohegan-Pequot: nic (“hand”)
- Unami: nàxk (“hand”)

References

Siebert (1941)
Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN