Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/mene

This Proto-Algic 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-Algic

Alternative forms

  • *megene

Noun

*mene

  1. berry

Descendants

  • Yurok: menomen (“Juneberry”)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *mi·na (“berry”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)
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