Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/šek-

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

Verb

*šek-

to urinate

Derived terms

*šeka·kwa (“skunk”)

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- Cheyenne: -xaa'e (“urinate”)
Central Algonquian:
- Cree: sikow / ᓯᑯᐤ (sikow, “she or he urinates”)
- Ojibwe: zhiishiigi (“she or he urinates”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Mi'kmaq: segi (“I urinate”)
- Abenaki: segi- (“urinate”)
- Penobscot: səgi-, sigi- (“urinate”)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: soku (“she or he urinates”)
- Unami: shki (“urinate”)

References

Siebert (1967)