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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wi·kiwa·ʔmi

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

Etymology

The term contains the third-person definite prefix *wi·-. That a form using the third-person indefinite prefix *mi·- (*mi·kiwa·ʔmi) was also in use is suggested by Cree mîkowâhp/ᒦᑯᐋᐧᐦᑊ (miikoaayhp), the Algonquin variant mîkïwâm, and m- forms in other child languages.

Noun

*wi·kiwa·ʔmi

  1. house

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Menominee: we·kewam (“house, wigwam”), and according to some sources also wickiop (“house”)[1]
    • Algonquin: wiigiwaam / wîkïwâm
    • Fox/Sauk: wîkiyâpi (“house”)
    • Miami: wiikiaami
    • Ojibwe: wiigiwaam (“wigwam, lodge”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: wigwôm (“house”)
    • Penobscot: wigwom (“house”)
    • Massachusett: wekuwomut (“in his (their) house”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: wicuw (“house, wigwam”)
    • Unami: wikëwam (“house”)
    • Munsee: wíikwahm (“house”)
    • Mahican: weekwãʔm (“house”)

Massachusett (n)ik (“(my) house”), Mohegan-Pequot (n)ik (“(my) house”), and Quiripi weécho (“house”) may also derive from this root. Cheyenne vee'e (“tepee”) reflects *wi·ki.

See also *mi·kiwa·ʔmi.

Contrast Ojibwe waakaa'igan and Cree wâskahikan.

References
  • Goddard (1982)
  • “wigwam”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present., “wickiup”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)
  1. Andrew Delahunty, From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (2008)
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