Where does “uʼeł cʼenuʼ kodghaani” come from?

uʼeł cʼenuʼ kodghaani (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ghaan, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣaˑn — to kill plural objects.

uʼeł cʼenuʼ kodghaani (Ahtna): chisel

Definitions

  1. chisel

Ancestry of “uʼeł cʼenuʼ kodghaani”, step by step

uʼeł cʼenuʼ kodghaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna ghaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaghaanto make plural objects
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɣaˑnto kill plural objects

via Ahtna uʼeł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnauʼeł—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣaˑn →Every word from Ahtna ghaan →