Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-k̯eʼ

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

  • *kʸeʔ (Leer 2000)

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak -kaʔ (“tail of a bird”), Tlingit koowú, kú.

Noun

*-k̯eʼ

  1. tail

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -ceʼ
    • Chipewyan: -ché
    • Dogrib: echè, etsè
    • Lower Tanana: -cha'
    • Tanacross: wuché'
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: mike’
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

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