Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tʼe̓ˑš

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

Kari gives the final consonant as *shʷ in 1990[1] and a full alternate reconstruction of *tʼeˑshʳ in 2024[2]

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak -t’u’ch’ (“to turn black”) and Tlingit tʼoochʼ (“charcoal”). On the basis of these cognates, Vajda reconstructs a Proto-Na-Dene form *dujč, which he believes to be cognate with Ket дуʼ (“soot, smoke”).

Noun

*tʼe̓ˑš

  1. charcoal

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tʼaes
    • Dogrib: tʼèè
    • Lower Tanana: t'asr, t'as
    • Slavey:
    • Tahltan: tʼèˑs
    • Tanacross: tʼées
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  1. ^ Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 347
  2. ^ Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 374
  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 196
  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
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