Where does “-dzaluudzeʼ” come from?

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

-dzaluudzeʼ (Ahtna): sideburns

Definitions

  1. sideburns

Ancestry of “-dzaluudzeʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-eʼMarks the possessed form of nouns
2Proto-Athabaskan*-eʔMarks nouns as possessed
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ →Every word from Ahtna -eʼ →