Where does “tsaʼ hwtsiił” come from?

tsaʼ hwtsiił (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna hwtsiił, from Ahtna -ł, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

tsaʼ hwtsiił (Ahtna): beaver dam

Definitions

  1. beaver dam

Ancestry of “tsaʼ hwtsiił”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnahwtsiiłbridge
2Ahtna-łDerives instrumental nouns from verbs
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Ahtna -ł →Every word from Ahtna hwtsiił →