Where does “tsaey uyii nelkonʼi” come from?
tsaey uyii nelkonʼi (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna tsaey, from Russian чай, from Ottoman Turkish چای, from Persian چای, from Hindi चाय, from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹ — leaf; tea; flat object.
tsaey uyii nelkonʼi (Ahtna): thermos
Definitions
- thermos
Ancestry of “tsaey uyii nelkonʼi”, step by step
tsaey uyii nelkonʼi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ahtna tsaey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | tsaey | tea |
| 2 | Russian | чай | tea; tea plant; methinks, must be, may be,... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | چای | tea; rivulet |
| 4 | Persian | چای | tea |
| 5 | Hindi | चाय | tea; cup of tea |
| 6 | Middle Chinese | 茶 | — |
| 7 | Chinese | 茶 | tea |
| 8 | Proto-Loloish | la¹ | tea |
| 9 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | s-la | leaf; tea; flat object |
via Ahtna nelkonʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | nelkonʼ | he/she/it is warm |
| 2 | Ahtna | ł- | The ł-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The ł-classifier has the following uses |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-ɬ | Forms instrumental nouns from verbs |
via Ahtna uyii
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | uyii | — |