neck (2), side of neck (?)

noun physical_somatic_body_part

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *i-htá•-še

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *thá•še

Chiwere thá•še ‘neck, throat’ RR

Hoocąk čaašé ‘neck (n.), body part’ KM:144 , caaše

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo tasēi , †tase•i ‘neck’ HH

General comment

Cf. ‘neck (1), nape’ which shares *hta•. Tutelo, having lost Poss3 *i- has length on the new second syllable.

This is another set in which Proto-Siouan *š apparently becomes Tutelo s rather than the expected č.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources