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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pe·šekwi

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

Etymology

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

Numeral
Proto-Algonquian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *pe·šekwi

*pe·šekwi

  1. one (1)

Synonyms

Descendants
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
  • Cree peyak / ᐯᔭᐠ (peyak, “one”), piyak / ᐱᔭᐠ (piyak, “one”), said to be from "Common Cree" *pe·yak(w)

References
  • 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
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