Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/łəd

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

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak ɬąhd.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬət/

Noun

*łəd[2]

  1. smoke

Descendants

  • Proto-Apachean:
  • Northern Athabaskan
    • Ahtna: łet
    • Beaver: ᘳᐪ (lhat)
    • Carrier: ᘰᐪ (lhut)
    • Chipewyan: ᑦᕃᐟ (łër)
    • Dogrib: ło
    • Tsuut'ina: tłi
    • Sekani: lhut
    • Slavey:
      • North Slavey:
        Blackfoot: łe
        Hare: le
        Mountain: łe
      • South Slavey: łeh
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan
    • Hupa: łit

References

  1. ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 91
  2. ^ Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 99