Reconstruction:Proto-Na-Dene/caj

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This Proto-Na-Dene 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-Na-Dene

Etymology

Has been compared to Proto-Yeniseian *cewç (stone).

Noun

*caj

  1. stone

Descendants

  • Eyak: tsaˑ
  • Proto-Athabaskan: *tseˑ (see there for further descendants)
  • Tlingit: shaa (mountain)

References

  • Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353:*caj