Where does “lazeni tuuʼ” come from?

lazeni tuuʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna tuu, from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ — water; juice of a fruit.

lazeni tuuʼ (Ahtna): vodka

Definitions

  1. vodka

Ancestry of “lazeni tuuʼ”, step by step

lazeni tuuʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna tuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatuuwater
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Ahtna lazeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnalazeni—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ →Every word from Ahtna tuu →