Reconstruction:Proto-Salish/sčaliłtǝn

Proto-Salish

Noun

*sčaliłtǝn

1. fish, salmon

Descendants

• Coast Salish
  • Sechelt: sčáliłtǝn (“fish, salmon”)
  • Squamish: scháyilhen (“fish”)
  • Halkomelem: scḗłtǝn (“salmon”)

References

• Ethan Pincott; Contact and Change in Central Salish Words for Salmon.