Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/maθkwa

Etymology
From ; probably cognate to 🇨🇬.

Guillaume Jacques speculates that 🇨🇬 is a borrowing of this word, either from Proto-Algonquian per se or from a predecessor of it (Proto-Algic). (Note that "Proto-Siouan did not have a contrast between oral and nasal consonants: *wą was realised [as] *[mã]." ) Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬/. The apparent oddity of Siouan (which is now concentrated in the west) borrowing a term for a western animal from Algonquian (now concentrated in the east) is explained by the location of the languages at the time of the borrowing; the Proto-Siouan Urheimat was in the east, while the Proto-Algic Urheimat was in the west.

Noun

 * 1) bear

Descendants

 * Plains Algonquian:
 * Central Algonquian:
 * Eastern Great Lakes:
 * Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * Cree:
 * Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Delaware:
 * Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * Cree:
 * Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Delaware:
 * Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Delaware:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Delaware:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Delaware:
 * Delaware: