Where does “dencʼii ukʼetde” come from?

dencʼii ukʼetde (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ukʼedi, from Ahtna -kʼe, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə.

dencʼii ukʼetde (Ahtna): fourteen times

Definitions

  1. fourteen times

Ancestry of “dencʼii ukʼetde”, step by step

dencʼii ukʼetde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna ukʼedi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaukʼediplus, addition used to form large numbers
2Ahtna-kʼeon
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʼə—

via Ahtna dencʼii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadencʼiifour (things)
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə →Every word from Ahtna -kʼe →Every word from Ahtna ukʼedi →