Where does “cʼeghaaneʼ” come from?

cʼeghaaneʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -ghaaneʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣaˑn — to kill plural objects.

cʼeghaaneʼ (Ahtna): meat from the area of a moose hump

Definitions

  1. meat from the area of a moose hump

Ancestry of “cʼeghaaneʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-ghaaneʼhump e.g. of a moose
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɣaˑnto kill plural objects
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣaˑn →Every word from Ahtna -ghaaneʼ →