Where does “neyiigeʼ uʼeł dghaani” come from?

neyiigeʼ uʼeł dghaani (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ghaan, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣaˑn — to kill plural objects.

neyiigeʼ uʼeł dghaani (Ahtna): camera

Definitions

  1. camera

Ancestry of “neyiigeʼ uʼeł dghaani”, step by step

neyiigeʼ uʼeł dghaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna ghaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaghaanto make plural objects
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɣaˑnto kill plural objects

via Ahtna uʼeł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnauʼeł—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣaˑn →Every word from Ahtna ghaan →