Where does “kʼaatle” come from?

kʼaatle (Ahtna) comes from English TLE, from Proto-Vietic k-lɛː.

kʼaatle (Ahtna): almost

Definitions

  1. almost

Ancestry of “kʼaatle”, step by step

kʼaatle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English TLE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTLEInitialism of time limit exceeded; Initialism of...
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː

via Ahtna kʼaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnakʼaaalmost, nearly
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-lɛːEvery word from English TLE
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