Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/čʷəǯʷ

This Proto-Athabaskan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Athabaskan

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tšʳədžʳ (Leer 1996)

Etymology

Has been compared to Ket өксь.

Noun

*čʷəǯʷ

  1. dry wood, firewood

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tsets
    • Beaver: chvch
    • Chipewyan: tsez
    • Dogrib: tso
    • Lower Tanana: tretr
    • Tanacross: tsets
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: chwich
    • Wailaki: chich
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Leer, Jeff (1996), Comparative Athabaskan Lexicon‎[1], volume tš(ʳ)a-tš(ʳ)ə, Alaska Native Language Archive, page 69
  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 91
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