Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/q(w)eːtsʼ

Proto-Athabaskan

Etymology

From Proto-Na-Dene *qwiːkʼy

Verb

*q(w)eːtsʼ

1. a stiff slender object (SSO) falls, moves

Descendants

• Ahtna: qeːs ("SSO moves")
• Chipewyan: -kéth, -kedh, -kóth (“long object drops”)
• Navajo: -KĘ́Ę́Z (“SSO falls”) (with unexplained nasalization)

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 184