Proto-dene

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Proto-Dene language or the people who spoke it. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Proto-Athabaskan (“ancestor of the Athabaskan languages”).

Etymology

From proto- + Dene.

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