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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθko·ka

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

Alternative forms

Noun

*aθko·ka

  1. snake

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: skog (“snake”)
    • Penobscot: skok
    • Narragansett: askug, askûg (“snake”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: skok (“snake”)
    • Quiripi: skwk
    • Mahican: ach-gòok/ka-cokh/ha-còkh (“snake”)
    • Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: athussos (“snake”)
    • Munsee: áxkook (áxko·k, “snake”), the second element of (w')axkok
    • Unami: xkuk (“snake”)
    • Nanticoke: àsch-guuk; ath-quoke/ah!skoke (Choptank dialect)

References
  • Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)
  • The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 83 (1975)
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