Iroquoian bows

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 BARudes at aol.com wrote:
> Iroquoian words for bow
> Set 1
> Proto-Lake Iroquoian    *a?eN:na?  pole, stick; bow
>
> Other
> Huron                             anda     bow (possibly related to set 1)
>
> Iroquoian set two reminds me of the initial ahta- in one of the Algonquian
> words for bow submitted previously to the list.

Actually, the Huron anda form is pretty close to the Algonquian *me?tekw-a
forms, as they come out in Siouan, cf. OP maNde, except, again, for the
missing initial labial.