Where does “dzeł dziidzeʼ” come from?

dzeł dziidzeʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna dzeł, from Proto-Athabaskan *ʒəɬ — mountain.

dzeł dziidzeʼ (Ahtna): harlequin duck

Definitions

  1. harlequin duck

Ancestry of “dzeł dziidzeʼ”, step by step

dzeł dziidzeʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna dzeł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadzełmountain
2Proto-Athabaskan*ʒəɬmountain

via Ahtna dziidzi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadziidziwaterfowl; ducks and geese in general
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ʒəɬ →Every word from Ahtna dzeł →