Where does “-ʼeł zdaanen” come from?

-ʼeł zdaanen (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -ne, from Proto-Athabaskan *-neˑ — The human plural suffix; people.

-ʼeł zdaanen (Ahtna): spouse

Definitions

  1. spouse

Ancestry of “-ʼeł zdaanen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-nepeople; often used to nominalize verbs
2Proto-Athabaskan*-neˑThe human plural suffix; people
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-neˑ →Every word from Ahtna -ne →