Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/deˑɬ

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

Kari (2024) relates the Lower Tanana reflex to the verbal root datl, from *detɬʼ ~ *deˑtl (“plural objects move”). Compare the Navajo pair -DÉÉL (“slender flexible object moves”) and dééł (“sandhill crane”).

Compare Tlingit dóol; perhaps also related to Eyak du:Lxideh.

Noun

*deˑɬ

  1. crane

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: daeł
    • Carrier: deł
    • Chipewyan: deeł
    • Lower Tanana: daɬ
    • Sekani: deeł
    • Tanacross: deeł
    • Tsuut'ina: dáł
  • Southern Athabaskan:

Alternative reconstructions

  • *duˑɬ

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 129
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 110-114
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