Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pešehkiwa

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

  • pešexkyiwa

Noun

*pešehkiwa

  1. buffalo, bison (most likely the wood bison rather than the plains bison)

Descendants

  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree:
      • Plains Cree: ᐱᓯᐢᑭᐤ (pisiskiw, “animal, beast”)
    • Menominee: pesɛ·hkiw (“cow, ox, bison”)
    • Ojibwe: bizhiki (“cow, bison, buffalo”)
      • (loanword:) Swampy Cree: pisihkiw (“buffalo”)
  • Eastern Algonquian: *pəšəĥkəw
    • Abenaki: pziko
    • Penobscot: wə̀sihko

References

  • Siebert (1975)
  • Papers of the 25th Algonquian Conference (1994) (has *pešexkyiwa)
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