Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/pew-

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

Verb

*pew-

  1. put on the fire

Descendants

  • Wiyot: puw-, pu (“cook”)
  • Yurok: pew (“cook”)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *po· (“put on the fire or into a pot”)

References

  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)
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