Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·panki

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

Noun

*wa·panki

dawn

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: appinok'kuyi (“dawn”)
- Cheyenne: é-vóonā'o (“it's morning”)
Central Algonquian:
- Cree: wâpan/ᐋᐧᐸᐣ (aaypan, “dawn”)
- Ojibwe: waaban (“it is dawn”)
- Fox: wâpanwi (“it is dawn”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Mi'kmaq: wŏbŭn (“daybreak”)
- Abenaki: wôban (“dawn”)
- Mohegan-Pequot: wôpan (“it is sunrise, it is dawn”)
- Mahican: wāpănáāk (“the east; the white of dawn; morning”)
- Unami: òpàn (“it dawns, is morning”)

The Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki and the English designation Abenaki are ultimately descended from this word.

References

Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez
Anthropological Linguistics, volume 15 (1973), page 158