Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-yaˑžʷə

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

  • *yaˑʒʷ(ə)

Etymology

Compare Eyak -yahsh (“woman's child”).

Noun

*-yaˑžʷə

  1. woman's child
  2. young

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -yaaze
    • Dogrib: -zaa
    • Lower Tanana: -yozra, yozra
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 85, 220
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