Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/maxkeseni

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

Compare Beothuk moosin.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*maxkeseni

moccasin, shoe

Descendants

Plains Algonquian
- Arapaho: wo'oh
- Gros Ventre: wˀóh
- Cheyenne: moˀkeha
Central Algonquian
- Cree:
  - Plains Cree: maskisin, ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ
  - Southern East Cree: ᒪᔅᒋᓯᓐ (mascisin)
  - Swampy Cree: ᒪᔅᑭᓯᓐ (maskisin)
  - Montagnais: massin
- Ojibwe: makizin
  - Ottawa: mkizin
- Fox: mahkethêhi
- Menominee: māhkesen
- Kickapoo: mahkeθeehi
- Miami: mahkisini
- Shawnee: mkiθe
Eastern Algonquian
- Massachusett: mohkisson
- Abenaki: mkezen
- Penobscot: màhksən
- Mi'kmaq: mg'sn
- Munsee: máhksun
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: olonakson, pkoson
- Unami: lënhaksën
- Mohegan-Pequot: mahkus
- Mahican: mkissin
- Powhatan: mockasins, mawhcasuns
  - → English: moccasin