Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wi·kiwa·ʔmi

Etymology
The term contains the third-person definite prefix. That a form using the third-person indefinite prefix  was also in use is suggested by 🇨🇬/, the 🇨🇬 variant, and m- forms in other child languages.

Noun

 * 1) house

Descendants

 * Central Algonquian:
 * , and according to some sources also wickiop
 * / wîkïwâm
 * Fox/Sauk:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Eastern Algonquian:

Massachusett (n)ik, Mohegan-Pequot (n)ik, and Quiripi weécho may also derive from this root. Cheyenne vee'e reflects.

See also.

Contrast Ojibwe and Cree.