Reconstruction:Proto-Salish/qʷəłin

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This Proto-Salish 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-Salish

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Noun

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*qʷəłin

  1. birch

Descendants

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  • Coast Salish
    • Squamish: qʷéłiʔn (birch)
  • Interior Salish

References

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  • Nancy Turner; Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, 2014.