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proto-dene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to--dene
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Proto-Athabaskan (“ancestor of the Athabaskan languages”).

adj

Of or pertaining to the Proto-Dene language or the people who spoke it.

Etymology

From proto- + Dene.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Dene-Yeniseian Proto-Dené–Caucasian

Frequently Paired Words

Dene-Yeniseian Proto-Dené–Caucasian protolanguage

Synonyms

Proto-Athabaskan

Questions

What does proto-dene mean?
Synonym of Proto-Athabaskan (“ancestor of the Athabaskan languages”).
Where does proto-dene come from?
From proto- + Dene.

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