noun person
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *šį-Ro•
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Chiwere čhįtóįñe, čhįčóįñe GM
Proto-Dhegiha *šíRo
Omaha-Ponca cenujiñga , †šenožįga JOD
Kanza/Kaw šídohįŋa ‘boy+dim.’ RR
Osage shiⁿto , †šįto ‘youth’ LF:131b , ciⁿṭunŭⁿhŭⁿ , †šįto ‘bachelor’ JOD
Quapaw šétto ‘boy’ RR , šéttǫ ‘boy’ JOD
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi siⁿṭo, siⁿt , †sįto ‘boy’ D&S:256b
This term is a compound of reflexes of *šika ‘child’ and *Ró• ‘male’ in the languages where it is represented. Chiwere čh is irregular as it is normally derived from dental stops, in this case *th or *ht. It is most likely a result of borrowing from Dakotan čhįča ‘child’. Biloxi initial s shows this word is either subject to fricative ablaut or is a borrowing.
Cf. ‘child > boy’; ‘child > female child’. The original root, *ši, has apparently been replaced by še, ‘this’ in some DH dialects. The compound seems to center on DH and may have originated there, spreading to both north and south into Chiwere and Biloxi. There are too many irregularities here to consider this a Proto-Siouan term.
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