Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/saːxy

Proto-Athabaskan

Etymology

Possibly from a spirantization of pre-Proto-Athabaskan *saːg. Cognate with Tlingit xágw.

Noun

*saːxy

1. sand

Descendants

• Chipewyan: thai
• Navajo: séí (“sand”)
  • Navajo: -ZÉÍ (“crumble”)
• Tanacross: thaayh (“sand”)

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 175