Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/nixtaka

This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean

Noun

*nixtaka[1]

  1. day

Descendants

  • Alabama: nihta
  • Chickasaw: nittak
    • Mobilian: nita, nitak
  • Choctaw: nittak
    • Mobilian: nita, nitak
  • Creek: netta, nettv
  • Hitchiti: nihtaki
  • Koasati: nihta
  • Mikasuki: nihtaki

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen (2005) “Muskogean Historical Phonology”, in Hardy, Heather kay and Scancarelli, Janine, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 246–298