Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ɢeˑs

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

  • *ɢes (Kari 2002)

Etymology

Compare, perhaps, Tlingit ɢ̱át (“sockeye salmon”).

Noun

*ɢeˑs

  1. king salmon

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Chilcotin: jis (“sockeye salmon”)
    • Dena'ina: ggas ten'a (“small jack king salmon”)
    • Hän: tr'ojà'
    • Lower Tanana: gath
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: qehs (“fall run of king salmon”)
    • Kato: ges (“black salmon, chinook salmon”)

References

  • James Kari (2002), “Fish Terms in Athabaskan”, in Alaska Native Language Center Working Papers. No. 2:15–36.
  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128
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