Where does “daʼatnae” come from?

daʼatnae (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna denae, from Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ — person.

daʼatnae (Ahtna): elderly person

Definitions

  1. elderly person

Ancestry of “daʼatnae”, step by step

daʼatnae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna denae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadenaeperson
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəneˑperson

via Ahtna daʼa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadaʼain the past
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑEvery word from Ahtna denae