Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/džeˑx

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

Compared to Proto-Yeniseian *ɟejq (“pitch, resin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːx/

Noun

*džeˑx[1]

  1. pitch, gum, resin

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ʒ̆e̓ˑq̃ʼ (Krauss 1979)
  • *dʒeɁqʼ (Kingstom)
  • *dzeˑq' (Kari 2024)

Descendants

  • Proto-Apachean:
  • North Athabaskan
    • Ahtna: dzaekʼ
    • Carrier: dzeh
    • Dogrib: dzèh
    • Lower Tanana: dzax
    • Slavey:
      • North Slavey: dzéeh
      • South Slavey: dzéh
    • Tanacross: dzéex
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:

References

  1. ^ Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91
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