Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/sʔe·gʔ-

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This Proto-Algic 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-Algic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

*sʔe·gʔ-

  1. the madrone tree (Arbutus menziesii) or its fruit

Descendants[edit]

  • Yurok: s'e'goh (“madrone tree”)
  • Wiyot: the first element of ca'g(itcôk) (“madrona (berries)”) (in Reichard's 1925 orthography), ŝág(iŝɨ?n) (“madrone”) (i.e. šág(išɨʔn)) (in Proulx's 1992 orthography), šog(ičhahn) (“madrone berries”) (in the 1993 Wiyot handbook’s orthography)

References[edit]

  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992) (*sʔe·gʷ-)
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004) (*sʔe·gʔ-)
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