Where does “nelkonʼ” come from?

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

nelkonʼ (Ahtna): he/she/it is warm

Definitions

  1. he/she/it is warm

Ancestry of “nelkonʼ”, 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

Words derived from “nelkonʼ”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Ahtna ł- →