Where does “-ghaluudzeʼ” come from?

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

-ghaluudzeʼ (Ahtna): guard hair

Definitions

  1. guard hair

Ancestry of “-ghaluudzeʼ”, 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 →