Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ʔeˑn

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

  • *ʔen (Young and Morgan 1992)

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak -ʼe (“to see”) (imperfective only).

Root

*ʔeˑn

  1. to do, act
  2. to see

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: ʼaen
    • Koyukon: ʼanʼ (glottalized perfective)
    • Lower Tanana: 'an
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: te꞉siwh’e’n (“I'm looking at it”)
    • Wailaki: -ʼiŋ
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 250
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 36
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