Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tɬ’əɣəšʷ

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

  • ƛʼəx̣ᵊšʷ (Krauss 1979)
  • tl'əghəshʳ 'clay' (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Cognate with Tlingit tlʼúkʼx̲ (“worm, snake”).

Has also been compared with Ket тиг, тих (tìɣ), from *tʲiˤgʌ (“wriggling creature”, fish, snake, worm).

Noun

*tɬ’əɣəšʷ

  1. eel, leech, snake

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tlʼaghes
    • Carrier: tləɣə́s
    • Lower Tanana: tl'egheshr, tl'eghes
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: tł’iwh
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 582
  • 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 204
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