Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/džʷeˑn

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.^[1] Has been compared to Ket иʼ (iˀ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʷeːn/

Noun

*džʷeˑn^[2]

day

Descendants

Proto-Apachean:
- Chiricahua: jį́
- Navajo: jį́
- Western Apache:
  Cibecue: jįįʼ
  
  San Carlos: jįįʼ
  
  Tonto: jį́į́
  
  White Mountain: jįį
North Athabaskan:
- Carrier:
  - Stuart Lake: dzin
- Dogrib: dzęę̀
- Slavey:
  - North Slavey:
    Bearlake: dzene
    
    Hare: dzine
    
    Mountain: dzene
  - South Slavey: dzene
Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
- Hupa: je:nis

References

^ 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
^ Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91