Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-qʼʊs

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

*-qʼʊs

  1. neck

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -kʼos
    • Lower Tanana: -k'wth
    • Tanacross: shk'oth (first person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whiqʼos (first person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 91