Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/dəɬ

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

Has been compared to Ket суул (sūl).

Noun

*dəɬ

  1. blood

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: del
    • Lower Tanana: deɬ
    • Tanacross: deł
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Jicarilla: miidili (third-person singular)
    • Navajo: dił
    • Western Apache: dił

References

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