Reconstruction:Proto-Na-Dene/gweːn

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

Compared to Proto-Yeniseian *-dʳajn (“for the day to be bright”), Ket дин (dʲin, ɾʲin, “sunshine, bright day”).[1]

Noun

*gweːn

  1. day
  2. brightness, daylight

Descendants

  • Proto-Athabaskan: *džʷeˑn (“day”)
  • Eyak: gah (“day”)
  • Tlingit: gáan (“to be bright, shine; light”)

References

  1. ^ Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “71.) ~*dʳejn”, 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 359
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