Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-aˑžʷ(ə)

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

  • *(h)aˑzhʳe (Kari 2024)

Noun

*-aˑžʷ(ə)

  1. cross-sibling's child

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -azae
    • Lower Tanana: -ozra
    • Tanacross: shhaaz (first-person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: wha:wh

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 30