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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-ehs

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Suffix

*-ehs

  1. suffix used to form diminutives; also found in certain kinship terms

Usage notes
  • The suffix could just as well be written *-ehs- or *-ehsa because it was usually followed by the final animate marker -a.
  • Several languages suggest a form with initial -s-, i.e. *-sehs (*-sehs- or *-sehsa).

Descendants
descendants of *-ehs and *-sehs
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: -(V)sis (atim→acimosis), -sis, -is (minôs→minôsis), -s
    • Menominee: -e·hsɛh
    • Miami: -eehsa (older form), -eenhsa (the form that is now more common)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: -is, -sis
    • Penobscot: -is, -sis
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: -ehsis (ahtulhaw(ehsis)), -ahsis (mimey(ahsis)), -sis (askat(sis)), -is, -es
    • Mohegan-Pequot: -ihs, -sihs, -ohs (as in ayumohs (“little dog, puppy”))
    • Unami: -tët

References
  • Willard Walker, The Proto-Algonquians (1975)
  • James Wherry, Eastern Algonquian Relationships to "proto-Algonquian" Social Organizations (1979)
  • Paul Proulx, Hypotheses in diachronic linguistics, in In Honor of Mary Haas: From the Haas Festival Conference On Native American Linguistics, edited by William Shipley (1988)
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)
  • Anthropological Linguistics (journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)
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