Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/x̯ẻˑnʼc̃ʼ

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

  • *xʸę̓s, xʸęchʼ (Young and Morgan 1992)
  • *xʸęˑth (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak -si:ns (“to be moldy”).

Noun

*x̯ẻˑnʼc̃ʼ

  1. wart

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: yaes
    • Dena'ina: sax
    • Lower Tanana: shath
    • Tanacross: shéeth
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: ye’ts’
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 446
  • 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 340
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