Where does “tatsaayeʼ” come from?

tatsaayeʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna -eʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ — Marks nouns as possessed.

tatsaayeʼ (Ahtna): black spruce

Definitions

  1. black spruce

Ancestry of “tatsaayeʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtna-eʼMarks the possessed form of nouns
2Proto-Athabaskan*-eʔMarks nouns as possessed
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-eʔ →Every word from Ahtna -eʼ →
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