Where does “cʼetsiy ggan” come from?

cʼetsiy ggan (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna cʼetsiy, from Ahtna cʼ-, from Ahtna ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

cʼetsiy ggan (Ahtna): tin can

Definitions

  1. tin can

Ancestry of “cʼetsiy ggan”, step by step

cʼetsiy ggan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna cʼetsiy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnacʼetsiymetal
2Ahtnacʼ-Marks an indefinite possessor; one's. Often appears lexicalized in nouns
3Ahtnał-The ł-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The ł-classifier has the following uses
4Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs

via Ahtna ggan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnagganto become dry, dried
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Ahtna ł- →Every word from Ahtna cʼ- →