spread > flat (4)

physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *wráška

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Chiwere bráshge , †brášge ‘flat; broad; lid; plate; flat dish’ JGT:8

Proto-Dhegiha

Kanza/Kaw -bláška, ba- ‘stretch’ RR , -bláška, bu- ‘flatten something by pressure’ RR , -bláška, yu- ‘stretch sth., undo sth.’ JOD, MR, RR

General comment

Comparison of this with the several forms meaning ‘spread’ strongly suggests that this term had vowel length.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources