Where does “iʼtnesael” come from?

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

iʼtnesael (Ahtna): he/she is playing something such as a guitar, banjo, etc

Definitions

  1. he/she is playing something such as a guitar, banjo, etc

Ancestry of “iʼtnesael”, 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- →