Where does “tinitaan” come from?

tinitaan (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna taan, from Proto-Athabaskan tan — A classificatory root for elongated objects, containers, and their contents.

tinitaan (Ahtna): a trail extends

Definitions

  1. a trail extends

Ancestry of “tinitaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AhtnataanA classificatory root for elongated and enclosed objects
2Proto-AthabaskantanA classificatory root for elongated objects, containers, and their contents
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tan →Every word from Ahtna taan →
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