Where does “-tlʼeghaʼ” come from?

-tlʼeghaʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -ghaʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣa̓Ɂ — hair.

-tlʼeghaʼ (Ahtna): pubic hair

Definitions

  1. pubic hair

Ancestry of “-tlʼeghaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-ghaʼhair
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɣa̓Ɂhair
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣa̓Ɂ →Every word from Ahtna -ghaʼ →