Where does “-yitsenʼ” come from?

-yitsenʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -tsenʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan tsənʸ — flesh, meat.

-yitsenʼ (Ahtna): rib meat

Definitions

  1. rib meat

Ancestry of “-yitsenʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-tsenʼflesh, meat
2Proto-Athabaskantsənʸflesh, meat
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tsənʸ →Every word from Ahtna -tsenʼ →