Where does “tuu seł” come from?

tuu seł (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna tuu, from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ — water; juice of a fruit.

tuu seł (Ahtna): rubber boots, waterproof footwear

Definitions

  1. rubber boots, waterproof footwear

Ancestry of “tuu seł”, step by step

tuu seł traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna tuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatuuwater
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Ahtna seł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnasełfootwear, shoes, boots
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ →Every word from Ahtna tuu →