Where does “d-” come from?

d- (Ahtna) comes from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.

d- (Ahtna): The d-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The d-classifier has the following uses

Definitions

  1. The d-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The d-classifier has the following uses

Ancestry of “d-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskandə-the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize
2Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*də-—

Words derived from “d-”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də- →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan də- →