Where does “kʼetsʼeni” come from?

kʼetsʼeni (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna kʼetsʼen, from Ahtna -kʼe, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə.

kʼetsʼeni (Ahtna): last salmon of the season

Definitions

  1. last salmon of the season

Ancestry of “kʼetsʼeni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnakʼetsʼenafter
2Ahtna-kʼeon
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʼə—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə →Every word from Ahtna -kʼe →Every word from Ahtna kʼetsʼen →