Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-kʸaˑnqʼəʔ

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

Contains the possessed noun suffix *-əʔ.

Noun

*-kʸaˑnqʼəʔ

  1. ribs

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Lower Tanana: -choga'
  • Southern Athabaskan:

Alternative reconstructions

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 89