Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-Ɂeˑgʸ

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

  • *-Ɂeˑg̑ (Krauss 1979)
  • *(d-gh-)ʔeˑg (Kari 2024)

Noun

*-Ɂeˑgʸ

  1. shirt, coat

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna:
    • Dogrib: ɂeh
    • Dena'ina: dghak
    • Lower Tanana: ak
    • Tanacross: eek
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 85, 217
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 34