Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/qʼəx̣šʷ

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

  • *qʼəšʷ (Krauss 1979)
  • *qʼəshʳ (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Vajda compares Ket ӄыʼй (“birchbark”), from Proto-Yeniseian *qɯˀj (“birchbark”), though this is considered unlikely by other researchers.

Noun

*qʼəx̣šʷ

  1. alder

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: kʼes
    • Lower Tanana: k'esr
    • Tanacross: k'ets
    • Tsuut'ina: díík'az
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: q’iwh
  • Southern Athabaskan:

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, page 257
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