Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-ɢʊ̓tʼ

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

Noun

*-ɢʊ̓tʼ

  1. knee

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -ggotʼ
    • Beaver: -gʷəd
    • Chilcotin: -gʷə́d
    • Chipewyan: -gór
    • Dena'ina: -ɢətʼ
    • Dogrib: eehgò
    • Hän: -gòd
    • Lower Tanana: -gwt
    • Sekani: -gʷə̀de
    • Slavey: -gó
    • Tahltan: -gↄt, -gʊt
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Galice: -gʷay’
    • Hupa: whiqot’ (first-person singular)
    • Mattole: -goʔł
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Chiricahua: -go’
    • Navajo: agod
    • Western Apache: -god

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 102, 195