Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/dəneˑ

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

The initial *də is a compound element that appears also in *dəweˑ.

The *-neˑ element refers to plural people and is related to *naˑʷ (“to nomadize”).

The word as a whole has been compared to Ket дэʼӈ (dɛˀŋ, “people”).

Noun

*dəneˑ

  1. person

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: denae
    • Chilcotin: deni
    • Chipewyan: dëné, dëne
    • Dena'ina: dena
    • Dogrib: done
    • Gwich'in: dinjii
    • Koyukon: dinaa
    • Lower Tanana: dena
    • Slavey:
    • Tsuut'ina: dina
    • Upper Kuskokwim: dina
    • Upper Tanana: deneh
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 300
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