Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pe·šekwi

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This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

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Etymology

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From a Proto-Algic root which may have been borrowed from or into Proto-Salish; see *nekwet- for more.

Numeral

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Proto-Algonquian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *pe·šekwi

*pe·šekwi

  1. one (1)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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meaning "one"
  • Abenaki: pazekw (one (in counting))
  • Algonquin: pêjik (one)
  • Arapaho: čêːséy, ceesey (one)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: pesq (one (in counting))
  • Massachusett: pasuk (one)
  • Ojibwe: bezhig (one)
  • Penobscot: pesəgw-, besəgw- (one)
  • Quiripi: pasukq
meaning "hundred"
  • Massachusett: pasuk(wog) (hundred) (nequt pasuk(wog) (one hundred))
  • Mohegan-Pequot: pásuq (hundred)
  • Narragansett: pawsuck (hundred)

See also

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References

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  • Richard Rhodes and David Costa, The History of Algonquian Number Words, in Essays in Algonquian, Catawban, and Siouan Linguistics in Memory of Frank T. Siebert, pages 182 and 183
  • Bryan Sykes, The Human Inheritance: Genes, Language, and Evolution (1999), page 58