wɹgɹs
Yurok
Alternative forms
- wergers (alternative orthography)
Etymology
The term is superficially similar to Proto-Algonquian *wa·kwehsa (“fox”), but Goddard rejects the idea that the terms go back to Proto-Algic and describes the Yurok word as a regular derivative of the verb stem wrsry- (“be thin”).[1]
Noun
wɹgɹs
- fox
References
- Ives Goddard, Sapir's Comparative Method, in New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality, page 199