Reconstruction:Proto-Na-Dene/-ł

This Proto-Na-Dene 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-Na-Dene

Etymology

Has been compared with Proto-Yeniseian *-l (progressive suffix).

Suffix

*-ł

  1. A progressive suffix.

Descendants

  • Proto-Athabaskan: *-ł
    • Navajo: ł- (classifier)
  • Eyak: -ł
  • Tlingit: -n (progressive)

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 176
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