Where does “kontsʼaghi ukʼetde” come from?

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

kontsʼaghi ukʼetde (Ahtna): seventeen times

Definitions

  1. seventeen times

Ancestry of “kontsʼaghi ukʼetde”, step by step

kontsʼaghi ukʼetde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna ukʼedi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaukʼediplus, addition used to form large numbers
2Ahtna-kʼeon
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʼə—

via Ahtna kontsʼaghi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnakontsʼaghiseven (things)
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə →Every word from Ahtna -kʼe →Every word from Ahtna ukʼedi →