Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/šiˑ

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

  • *šʸiˑ (Leer's Comparative Athabaskan Lexicon)
  • *siˑ (Kari 2024)

Pronoun

*šiˑ

  1. First-person singular pronoun; I, me

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: sii
    • Lower Tanana: si, sih
    • Dena'ina: shi
    • Tanacross: shih
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128