Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xaxʷonlo

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

*xaxʷonlo[1]

  1. screech owl

Descendants

  • Alabama: ofolo
  • Chickasaw: ofo̱lo
  • Choctaw: ifonlo, ofonlo
  • Creek: hifolo, ifolo
  • Koasati: afolo
  • Mikasuki: ifoolohaačii

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.