Where does “ko-” come from?
ko- (Ahtna) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊ- — An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather.
ko- (Ahtna): marks an area as the subject of a verb
Definitions
- marks an area as the subject of a verb
Ancestry of “ko-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Athabaskan | *x̣ʊ- | An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather |