Reconstruction:Proto-Na-Dene/ɢuǰ

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

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Etymology

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Has been compared to Proto-Yeniseian *qowčja (wolf).

Noun

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*ɢuǰ[1]

  1. wolf

Descendants

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  • Eyak: ɢuˑǰih
  • Tlingit: g̱ooch
  • Haida: g̱úuj

References

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  1. ^ Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) 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 373:*ɢu()ǰ()