Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/weːs̆

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

Compared to Proto-Yeniseian *ejg (“iron”)[1].

Noun

*weːs̆

  1. knife

Descendants

  • Navajo: béésh

References

  1. ^ Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “128.) ~*wesg ~ *ejg”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
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