Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/wąk-

Proto-Siouan

Etymology

Derived from or remodeled after *wą́•ke (“man”).

Prefix

*wąk- or *wą•k- (pronoun)

1. 1st-person inclusive plural actor prefix

Descendants

• Proto-Mississippi-Valley: *wą(•)k-
  • Proto-Dakota: *ųk-
    • Dakota: ųk-, ų-
    • Lakota: ųk-, ų-
  • Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere: [Term?]
    • Chiwere: hį•-
    • Winnebago: hįį- (“we”), hį- (inclusive patient), wąąg-, wąąga-, wąąkha-
  • Proto-Dhegiha: *ąk- (preceding a vowel), *ą- (preceding a consonant)
    • Kansa: ǫg- ~ ąg-, ǫ- ~ ą-
    • Omaha-Ponca: ąg-, ą-
    • Osage: oⁿg-, oⁿ-, ąk-, ą-
    • Quapaw: ǫk- ~ ąk-, ǫ ~ ą
• Proto-Ohio-Valley: *wąk-
  • Proto-Biloxi-Ofo: *ąk-
    • Biloxi: ûñk-, ñḳ-
    • Ofo: ǫ-
  • Proto-Tutelo: [Term?]
    • Tutelo: mañk-, man-

References

• Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology