Where does “delʼuuʼ” come from?

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

delʼuuʼ (Ahtna): there is a rattling sound

Definitions

  1. there is a rattling sound

Ancestry of “delʼuuʼ”, 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-

Words derived from “delʼuuʼ

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-Every word from Ahtna d-Every word from Proto-Athabaskan də-