Where does “denehwyaa” come from?

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

denehwyaa (Ahtna): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “denehwyaa”, step by step

denehwyaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna denae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadenaeperson
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəneˑperson

via Ahtna hwyaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnahwyaaintelligence
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ →Every word from Ahtna denae →