Where does “tsen” come from?

tsen (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna tsiin, from Proto-Athabaskan *tsiˑn — to be hungry.

tsen (Ahtna): to smell

Definitions

  1. to smell

Ancestry of “tsen”, step by step

tsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna tsiin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatsiinto be meaty, hefty, stocky
2Proto-Athabaskan*tsiˑnto be hungry

via Proto-Athabaskan čən

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskančənto smell, to stink

Words derived from “tsen”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tsiˑn →Every word from Ahtna tsiin →