Where does “saghani gigeʼ” come from?

saghani gigeʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna gigi, from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə — berry.

saghani gigeʼ (Ahtna): juniper berry

Definitions

  1. juniper berry

Ancestry of “saghani gigeʼ”, step by step

saghani gigeʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna gigi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnagigiberry, berries
2Proto-Athabaskan*giʼgəberry

via Ahtna saghani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnasaghaniraven
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə →Every word from Ahtna gigi →