Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/wən

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 reconstruction

  • *w̃ən(qʼə) (Krauss 1979)
  • *bən (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Related to Eyak ma:.

Noun

*wən

  1. lake

Root

*wən

  1. water level moves

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: ben
    • Beaver: mínge, míngkʼe
    • Chipewyan: bə̀ny
    • Dena'ina: vən
    • Gwich'in: ván̥
    • Han: mʌ́n
    • Kaska: mə̀n
    • Lower Tanana: benh, ben
    • Northern Tutchone: màn
    • Slavey: mį́
    • Southern Tutchone: mə́n
    • Tagish: mə́n
    • Tahtlan: mən̥
    • Tanacross: menh
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: minqʼ (“lake”)
    • Wailaki: biŋ (“to fill”)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 68
  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 90
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 72
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