Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-ɣəʒəʼ

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

*-ɣəʒəʼ

  1. shoulder

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -ghedzeʼ
    • Lower Tanana: -gheddha'
    • Tanacross: shxěddh (first-person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 129