Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/weˑš

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

Compared to Proto-Yeniseian *ejg (“iron”)[1].

Noun

*weˑš

  1. knife

Alternative reconstructions

  • *weˑšʷ, *weˑʃʷ
  • *beˑshʳ (Kari 2024)

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Chipewyan: bes
    • Dogrib: mbeh, meh
    • Lower Tanana: basr
    • Slavey:
    • Tsuut'ina: mas
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  1. ^ Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “128.) ~*wesg ~ *ejg”, in 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 388
  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 219
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 70
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