Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tsənʸ

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

Cognate with Eyak -tseʼ (“flesh, meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʰəɲ/

Noun

*tsənʸ

  1. flesh, meat

Alternative reconstructions

  • *cə̓ỹʼ (Krauss 1979)

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -tsenʼ, -tsinʼ
    • Dogrib: gokwǫ̀
    • Lower Tanana: -tthen', -tlen'
    • Tanacross: wutthį́į' (third-person possessed)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whitsingʼ (first-person singular possessed)
    • Wailaki: kyʼisiŋ
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: atsįʼ
    • Western Apache: itsį’
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