Where does “taakʼi ukʼetde” come from?

taakʼi ukʼetde (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ukʼedi, from Ahtna -kʼe, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə.

taakʼi ukʼetde (Ahtna): thirteen times

Definitions

  1. thirteen times

Ancestry of “taakʼi ukʼetde”, step by step

taakʼi ukʼetde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna ukʼedi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaukʼediplus, addition used to form large numbers
2Ahtna-kʼeon
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʼə—

via Ahtna taakʼi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnataakʼithree things
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə →Every word from Ahtna -kʼe →Every word from Ahtna ukʼedi →