Where does “gistaani ukʼetde” come from?

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

gistaani ukʼetde (Ahtna): sixteen times

Definitions

  1. sixteen times

Ancestry of “gistaani ukʼetde”, step by step

gistaani 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 gistaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnagistaanisix
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə →Every word from Ahtna -kʼe →Every word from Ahtna ukʼedi →