Where does “daltsiin” come from?

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

daltsiin (Ahtna): it (an animal) is meaty, hefty

Definitions

  1. it (an animal) is meaty, hefty

Ancestry of “daltsiin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnad-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
2Proto-Athabaskandə-the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*də-—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də- →Every word from Ahtna d- →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan də- →