Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pemyi

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

*pemi (older reconstruction)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *peʔmeye (“grease”), whence also Yurok pemey (“grease, cooking fat, oil”) and Wiyot bo'm, pu'm (“grease”).

Noun

*pemyi

grease, oil, fat

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- Cheyenne: ame (“grease”)
Central Algonquian:
- Cree: ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”), ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimîhkân, “pemmican”)
  - English: pemmican (loanword from Cree)
- Ojibwe: bimide (“grease, oil, lard”)
- Miami: pimi (“fat, grease”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: bemi, pemi (“grease, oil, fat”)
- probably Malecite-Passamaquoddy mimey (“grease, oil”)
- Unami: pëmi (“lard, fat, grease”)

References

Goddard (1981)