Where does “łukʼegheʼ” come from?

łukʼegheʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna xae, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣eˑ — grease.

łukʼegheʼ (Ahtna): salmon grease

Definitions

  1. salmon grease

Ancestry of “łukʼegheʼ”, step by step

łukʼegheʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna xae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaxaegrease
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̣eˑgrease

via Ahtna łukʼae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnałukʼaesalmon, especially sockeye salmon
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣eˑ →Every word from Ahtna xae →