Where does “tsʼen ggan” come from?

tsʼen ggan (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna tsʼen, from Proto-Athabaskan tsʼən — bone.

tsʼen ggan (Ahtna): underweight person

Definitions

  1. underweight person

Ancestry of “tsʼen ggan”, step by step

tsʼen ggan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna tsʼen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatsʼenbone
2Proto-Athabaskantsʼənbone

via Ahtna ggan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnagganto become dry, dried
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tsʼən →Every word from Ahtna tsʼen →