Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/kʸən

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

Cognate with the second element in Eyak dA-kinh (“stick, wood”). Athabaskan terms with the same formation include Lower Tanana dechenh and Ahtna decen, tcen.

Noun

*kʸən

  1. stick
  2. base

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: cen, -ceneʼ
    • Dogrib: dechı̨, detsı̨
    • Gwich'in: dachan
    • Lower Tanana: chenh
    • Tanacross: dechenh
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 90
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