Where does “-tsitsʼeneʼ” come from?

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

-tsitsʼeneʼ (Ahtna): skull

Definitions

  1. skull

Ancestry of “-tsitsʼeneʼ”, 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 →