Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ŷaˑtsʼ

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

  • *ghʸaˑtshʼ (Young and Morgan 1992)

Etymology

From the noun *xʸaˑš (“knot”)

Root

*ŷaˑtsʼ

  1. to tie in a knot

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: yaatsʼ, dzaatsʼ (“to be tangled”) (possibly)
    • Lower Tanana: yots
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: no:’ołye:ts’ (“he/she is tying a knot”)
    • Wailaki: yitsʼ
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 504
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 392
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