Where does “łet ceneʼ” come from?

łet ceneʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -ceneʼ, from Ahtna -eʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ — Marks nouns as possessed.

łet ceneʼ (Ahtna): tobacco pipe

Definitions

  1. tobacco pipe

Ancestry of “łet ceneʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-ceneʼbase, lower part of
2Ahtna-eʼMarks the possessed form of nouns
3Proto-Athabaskan*-eʔMarks nouns as possessed
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ →Every word from Ahtna -eʼ →Every word from Ahtna -ceneʼ →