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

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms 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)

  1. egg

Descendants
  • Abenaki: wôwan
  • Blackfoot: owáw
  • Cheyenne: vovȯtse
  • Cree: wâwi / ᐚᐏ (waawi)
  • Naskapi: ᐛᐤ (waaw)
  • Atikamekw: waw
  • Fox: owâwani, wâwani
  • Massachusett: wôu, wóóu
  • Miami: waawi
  • Mohegan-Pequot: wôm
  • Ojibwe: waawan
  • Unami: òòl
  • Munsee: wáhwal
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wawon
  • Mi'kmaq: wa'w

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