noun social_kin
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *wį-nų
Proto-Dakota
Dakota winona , †winų́na SRR:45
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *hí•nų, *hį́•nų
Chiwere hį•nų́•įŋe ‘first born girl’ RR , hį́nų GM
Hoocąk híinų ‘first daughter’ KM:875 , hiinų, hinų
Proto-Dhegiha *winǫ́ ~ *winą́
Omaha-Ponca winóⁿ , †winą́
Kanza/Kaw mįną́ ~ mįnǫ́ RR
Osage mina , †mįną́ ‘first daughter (special kinship term used by parents)’ LF:92a
Quapaw winą́ žika JOD
*wį ‘female’ + *rų• ‘one’ ( + Dak. -la ‘diminutive’), q.v..
*rų• is also the root of OVS ‘her/his elder sister’ for which there are both Biloxi and Tutelo cognates, q.v. These sets are difficult to untangle because of the (near) homophony of *wį- ‘female’ and *wi- ‘my’ in the nasal environment provided by two other (near?) homonyms *rų• ‘one’ and *rų ‘grow up, older’. The compound is more or less transparent in most subgroups of MVS, and with only Tutelo representing this lexeme outside of MVS (and the possibility of borrowing in that instance), this is not a secure Proto-Siouan kinship term. This term is presumably the prototype for the common English name ‘Winona’ or ‘Wynona’.
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