Where does “tsʼitatiztaan” come from?

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

tsʼitatiztaan (Ahtna): the trail is level

Definitions

  1. the trail is level

Ancestry of “tsʼitatiztaan”, 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 →