Where does “-tenʼ” come from?

-tenʼ (Ahtna) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *-təŋʔ — handle.

-tenʼ (Ahtna): handle

Definitions

  1. handle

Ancestry of “-tenʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*-təŋʔhandle
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-təŋʔ
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