Where does “dicaaxi” come from?

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

dicaaxi (Ahtna): money

Definitions

  1. money

Ancestry of “dicaaxi”, 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-
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