Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-ǯʷaˑdəʔ

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 gʷədə- 'rump.'

Noun

*-ǯʷaˑdəʔ

  1. shin, lower leg

Alternative reconstructions

  • *dʒʷaˑd-əɁ
  • *jʳaˑd (Kari 2024)

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -dzaadeʼ
    • Lower Tanana:
    • Tanacross: sdzaad' (first-person form)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Wailaki: -jaade’
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 85
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