Where does “lacʼeldaex” come from?

lacʼeldaex (Ahtna) comes from Zhuang daek, from Proto-Tai takᴰ — to scoop.

lacʼeldaex (Ahtna): he/she is washing his/her hands

Definitions

  1. he/she is washing his/her hands

Ancestry of “lacʼeldaex”, step by step

lacʼeldaex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang daek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangdaekgrasshopper; to scoop; to ladle out; to crochet;...
2Proto-Taitakᴰto scoop

via Ahtna yaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnayaanto eat
2Proto-Athabaskanhanʸto eat
Every word from Proto-Tai takᴰ →Every word from Zhuang daek →
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