Where does “hwlaaxeʼ” come from?

hwlaaxeʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -eʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ — Marks nouns as possessed.

hwlaaxeʼ (Ahtna): floor, flooring

Definitions

  1. floor, flooring

Ancestry of “hwlaaxeʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-eʼMarks the possessed form of nouns
2Proto-Athabaskan*-eʔMarks nouns as possessed
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ →Every word from Ahtna -eʼ →