Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ŋənʔ

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

  • *ỹə̓nʼ (Krauss 1979)

Noun

*ŋənʔ

  1. land, earth

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: nenʼ, ninʼ
    • Dogrib: nè
    • Lower Tanana: nen'
    • Tanacross: nén'
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 104
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