noun animal_fish
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *htó•zi
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *thó•zike
Chiwere thóðíge GM
Hoocąk coozík ‘bullhead (fish)’ KM:276 , coozik
Proto-Dhegiha *htóze
Omaha-Ponca ttóze ‘catfish’ MAS:35 , túçe
Quapaw ttóze RR, JOD
This set appears to be restricted to the central Mississippi drainage area and may not have a Proto-Mississipi-Valley reconstruction at all. The final vowels do not match between the DH and Chiwere/Hoocąk subgroups, but this is not uncommon. Since -e is the productive stem forming vowel, and therefore the most common analogical development, *-i is the lectio difficilior here. With catfish so common it is a little strange not to find a more widespread term in use.
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