Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-ǯəɣəʼ

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

Etymology

The final *-əʔ is the possessed noun suffix.

Cognate with Eyak -jehX; has also been compared to Ket огдэ (ogde).

Noun

*-ǯəɣəʼ

  1. ear

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -dzagheʼ
    • Dogrib: godziì
    • Lower Tanana: -dzegha', -dzeghe'
    • Tanacross: sdzǎagh' (first person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whijiw’, whijiwe’ (first person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Jicarilla: miijaa
    • Navajo: ajaaʼ
    • Western Apache: jaa

Alternative reconstructions

  • *-dzəɣ (Kari 2024; effectively identical, but without the possessed noun suffix)

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 89
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