The Proto-Algonquian Dictionary is now online!
Here, we can see the reconstructed common word for "shoe" and its descendants in modern Algonquian languages (themselves the origins of English "moccasin").
Proto-Indo-European gets a lot of attention as a proto-language, but there are other reconstructed ancestor languages in other areas of the world. Over 4000 vocabulary items have been reconstructed for Proto-Algonquian and it's great to see the classic dictionary that this is based on now publically searchable.
It’s not the only Proto-Algonquian resource though, so if you can’t find something there, it’s worth trying other papers and books as well (Goddard and Costa in particular have written a lot about Proto-Algonquian). Many modern Algonquian language dictionaries and recordings are available online, such as the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal and the Algonquian Linguistic Atlas.
