Where does “nelggaak” come from?

nelggaak (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

nelggaak (Ahtna): it (e.g. a ropelike object) is thick

Definitions

  1. it (e.g. a ropelike object) is thick

Ancestry of “nelggaak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnał-The ł-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The ł-classifier has the following uses
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Ahtna ł- →