Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/we-

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

*wet- (see usage notes at ne-)
*wi·- (in some compounds, see usage notes at ne-)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *weʔ-, whence also Yurok 'we-, ʔwe- (“her or his”) and Wiyot u-, w-.

Prefix

*we-

her, his; the third person
*wi·piči (“her or his tooth”)
*wi·yawi (“her or his body”)
*wi·kiwa·ʔmi

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: o-
Central Algonquian:
- Menominee: o-
- Fox: (o)w(î)-
- Miami: a-
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: w-
- Penobscot: u-, ud-
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: w-
- Mohegan-Pequot: wu-
- Unami: w-, wi-

References

Goddard 1971 and 1975
Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN