Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/dziˑtsʼ

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

  • *dzhitshʼ (Young and Morgan 1992)

Etymology

May have literally meant 'to poke about.'

Root

*dziˑtsʼ

  1. (with thematicized *kʸʼ-) to dance (primarily with the arms and hands)

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: diitsʼ
    • Lower Tanana: dzits
    • Tanacross: ch'edzes (“dance”), ch'eldzes (“he/she is dancing”)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 776
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 173
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