Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-qeʔ

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

  • *qeˑ (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak qi: (foot).

Noun

*-qeʔ

  1. foot

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -keʼ
    • Dogrib: gokè
    • Lower Tanana: -ka'
    • Tanacross: shké' (first-person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whixeʼ (first-person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 94
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 232