Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/q(w)eːtsʼ

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

From Proto-Na-Dene *qwiːkʼy

Root

*q(w)eːtsʼ

  1. a stiff slender object (SSO) falls, moves

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
ASP ? *qeˑtsʼ ? ?
Progressive *qweˑtsʼ-ɬ — — —

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: kaetsʼ
    • Chipewyan: -kéth, -kedh, -kóth (“long object drops”)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: -KĘ́Ę́Z (“SSO falls”) (with unexplained nasalization)

References

  • Jeff Leer (2010), “The palatal series in Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit, with an overview of the basic sound correspondences”, in Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska: The Dene-Yeniseian, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, page 184
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