Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/xʸaˑš

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

  • *xʸa̓ˑč̃ʼ (Krauss 1979)

Etymology

Related to a root reconstructed by Kari as *ŷaˑtsʼ (“to tie”), whence Lower Tanana yots, Ahtna yaatsʼ. Compare, perhaps, Eyak -xa’ch’ 'to tie a knot' and/or Tlingit sheey (“limb knot”).

Noun

*xʸaˑš

  1. knot

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: saas
    • Lower Tanana: srosr
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: no:lye:ts’ (“common knot”) (or from *ŷaˑtsʼ)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Jicarilla: sha̲a̲sh (“tree knot”)
    • Navajo: shaazh

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 766
  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 101
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 453
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