Where does “kʼetnes ukʼetde” come from?

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

kʼetnes ukʼetde (Ahtna): nineteen times

Definitions

  1. nineteen times

Ancestry of “kʼetnes ukʼetde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaukʼediplus, addition used to form large numbers
2Ahtna-kʼeon
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʼə—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə →Every word from Ahtna -kʼe →Every word from Ahtna ukʼedi →