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

  1. fox

References

  1. ↑ Ives Goddard, Sapir's Comparative Method, in New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality, page 199
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