Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/(h)aʷ

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

  • *ya (Young and Morgan 1992)

Etymology

Young and Morgan reconstruct a form *ya, from pre-Proto-Athabaskan *haw.

Root

*(h)aʷ

  1. a singular subject goes

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: yaa
    • Lower Tanana: yo
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

Derived terms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 661
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 481
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