Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·war(w)i

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

wa·wi (short form back-formed from the plural)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *wa·waʔlewe (“egg”), whence also Yurok woolew (“roe of several fish”)/woorew (“roe of one fish”), Wiyot wa·'l (“salmon roe”).

Noun

*wa·war(w)i (plural *wa·warwari)

egg

Descendants

Abenaki: wôwan
Blackfoot: owáw
Cheyenne: vovȯtse
Cree: wâwi / ᐋᐧᐃᐧ (aayiy)
Fox: owâwani, wâwani
Massachusett: wôu, wóóu
Miami: waawi
Mohegan-Pequot: wôm
Ojibwe: waawan
Unami: òòl

References

Siebert (1967)
Paul Proulx, A Sketch of Blackfoot Historical Phonology (1989)