< Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian
Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wi·nteko·wa
Proto-Algonquian
Noun
*wi·nteko·wa
- owl
- malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: wihtikow/ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (iyhtikow, “greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”)
- → English: wihtikow
- Ojibwe: wiindigoo (“cannibalistic spirit; cannibalistic monster”)
- → English: wendigo
- Fox: wîtekowa (“owl”)
- Miami: miintikwa (“screech owl”)
- Cree: wihtikow/ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (iyhtikow, “greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”)
References
- Goddard (1969), cited in Brightman (1988:340)
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN