Where does “kʼaʼ kʼae” come from?

kʼaʼ kʼae (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna kʼaʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ — arrow.

kʼaʼ kʼae (Ahtna): hunting blind

Definitions

  1. hunting blind

Ancestry of “kʼaʼ kʼae”, step by step

kʼaʼ kʼae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna kʼaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnakʼaʼgun, rifle
2Proto-Athabaskan*-q'aʼarrow

via Ahtna kʼae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnakʼaecavity, hole, pit, depression, opening, trace
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ →Every word from Ahtna kʼaʼ →