Where does “tlʼaseł tlʼuuł” come from?

tlʼaseł tlʼuuł (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna tlʼaseł, from Ahtna -tlʼaʼ, from Ahtna -tlʼaa — bottom of, posterior of, rear of.

tlʼaseł tlʼuuł (Ahtna): suspenders

Definitions

  1. suspenders

Ancestry of “tlʼaseł tlʼuuł”, step by step

tlʼaseł tlʼuuł traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna tlʼaseł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatlʼasełpants
2Ahtna-tlʼaʼbutt, rear, rump, buttocks
3Ahtna-tlʼaabottom of, posterior of, rear of

via Ahtna tlʼuuł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatlʼuułrope
2Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼuˑɬrope
Every word from Ahtna -tlʼaa →Every word from Ahtna -tlʼaʼ →Every word from Ahtna tlʼaseł →