Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/tapakonla

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

*tapakonla[1]

  1. peach

Reconstruction notes

  • This term could not have referred to peach, as this was a European introduction, but instead would have referred to a similar wild fruit. Though what fruit that may have been is unknown as all descendants refer to peach and the original meaning is therefore not reconstructible.

Descendants

  • Alabama: takkola, tapkola
  • Chickasaw: tako̱lo
    • Mobilian: takõ
  • Choctaw: takkon
    • Mobilian: takõ
  • Creek: pvkanv
  • Koasati: takkola, tapkola

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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