Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-athabaskan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-athabaskan
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An undocumented hypothetical language from which all the Athabaskan languages later emerged.

adj

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

Etymology

From proto- + Athabaskan.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Inflected Forms

Proto-Athapaskan (alternative) Proto-Athabascan (alternative)

Phrases

Dene-Yeniseian Proto-Dené–Caucasian

Frequently Paired Words

Dene-Yeniseian Proto-Dené–Caucasian protolanguage

Synonyms

Proto-Dene

Questions

What does proto-athabaskan mean?: An undocumented hypothetical language from which all the Athabaskan languages later emerged.
Where does proto-athabaskan come from?: From proto- + Athabaskan.

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