Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/kʸʼu̓ˑc̃ʼ

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

  • *kʼuˑtthʼ (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Compare, perhaps, Eyak k’u’t’ (“blood vessel, sinew, nerve, tendon”).

Noun

*kʸʼu̓ˑc̃ʼ

  1. artery, vein, blood vessel

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -cʼuuzeʼ
    • Lower Tanana: -ch'uddha'
    • Tanacross: wuch'ųųdh' (third-person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 101
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 100
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