Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/waʔšaškwa

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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/waʔšaškwa

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*waʔšaškwa

1. muskrat

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • probably Blackfoot: mí’sohpsski
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree
    • Northern East Cree: ᐧᐃᒋᔥᒄ (yicishkw)
    • Southern East Cree: ᐧᐊᒋᔥᒄ (yacishkw)
    • Naskapi: ᐅᒋᔅᒄ (uchiskw)
    • Atikamekw: otcockw
    • Montagnais: utshashkᵘ
  • Menominee: oqsas (“muskrat”)
  • Fox: ashashkwa
  • Miami: ahsahkwa
  • Ojibwe: wazhask (“muskrat”)
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Abenaki: moskwas
  • Penobscot: móhsskʷehso (“muskrat”)
  • Delaware:
    • Munsee: xwáshkwshush
    • Unami: tëmàskwës