fish

noun animal_fish

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *wi-hó•

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *wúa < *wúha < *waho (?)

Crow buá RG, GG:34, RGG:2

Hidatsa wúa ‘fish’ J , múa

Pre-Mandan

Mandan póʔ ‘fish’ RTC

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *hó

Proto-Dakota *ho-

Lakota ho- ‘fish’ RTC , hoɣą́ ‘catfish’ RTC , howásapa ‘to fish’ RTC , hokhúwa

Sioux Valley hoɣą́ PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *hó

Chiwere ‘fish’ RTC

Hoocąk hóo ‘fish’ KM:1429 , hoo ‘minnow’ KM:1438 , hooɣą́ , hooǧą

Proto-Dhegiha *hó

Omaha-Ponca huhú ‘fish’ RTC

Kanza/Kaw RR

Osage LF:63a

Quapaw RR

Proto-Southeastern *wihó•(-ri)

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *hó(-ri)

Biloxi ó, odi D&S:239b

Ofo ho D&S:323b

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo wihoi H , wihó̄q gupsuá , †wihó•- ‘fishy smell’ [raised o?] HW

Saponi o- ‘fish’ Byrd

General comment

The sole evidence for the Proto-Siouan initial vowel is from Tutelo, which suggests i. Cf. ‘bison’, ‘dog’ and other animates. Mandan initial p is a reflex of Proto-Siouan initial *w after initial syllable vowel syncope and a presumed intermediate stage with p-h. Proto-Crow-Hidatsa may be cognate, though just how is not clear. The postulated developments represent the reverse of rightward vowel exchange. Other speculations are, of course, possible.