PS *karaN's^ka 'creepy crawly' (mostly frogs)

[Koontz John E]

The CSD includes a set - actually glossed 'vermin 4' that is based on
forms like

Te  gnas^ka'     (Pre Da *knaNs^ka)
IO  waagraN'ske
Wi  wakaNnaN's^ge
Qu  waxno's^ka ~ wanaN'ska

These are all 'frog', and require only PMV *wa-kraNs^-ka, but further
afield we find

Bi *  kanac^ki 'wood tick'

I wanted to add a resemblant Algonquian 'frog' word I've run into.  It was
provided by a Meskwaki aquaintance at work:

He spelled it ken wa ska and I thought it sounded like [kenwas^k<ae>].

(I was pursuing my project of looking for possible Algonquian glosses of
"Tonto." to match those for "Kemosabe.")

John E. Koontz
http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz