Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/xeˑ

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

  • *ɣeˑ (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak Xe: (“grease”); compare also Tlingit eex̲, eix̲ (“oil, grease”).

Noun

*xeˑ

  1. grease

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: xae
    • Lower Tanana: gha
    • Tanacross: xee

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 82
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