Where does “-ghustlʼen” come from?

-ghustlʼen (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -ghuʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣuɁ — tooth.

-ghustlʼen (Ahtna): space between the teeth

Definitions

  1. space between the teeth

Ancestry of “-ghustlʼen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-ghuʼtooth
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɣuɁtooth
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣuɁ →Every word from Ahtna -ghuʼ →