Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/džʷeˑn

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 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

  • *ʒ̆ʷeˑn (Krauss 1979)
  • *dzhreːn (Leer 2010)

Etymology

From Proto-Na-Dene *gweːn. Has been compared to Ket иʼ (iˀ).

Pronunciation

Noun

*džʷeˑn

  1. day

Descendants

  • Proto-Apachean:
  • North Athabaskan:
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:

References

  1. ^ Jeff Leer (2010) “The palatal series in Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit, with an overview of the basic sound correspondences”, in Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska: The Dene-Yeniseian, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, page 180
  2. ^ Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91

Further reading

  • Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 215
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