Where does “uʼeł delʼuuʼi” come from?

uʼeł delʼuuʼi (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna delʼuuʼ, from Ahtna d-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.

uʼeł delʼuuʼi (Ahtna): dance rattle

Definitions

  1. dance rattle

Ancestry of “uʼeł delʼuuʼi”, step by step

uʼeł delʼuuʼi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna delʼuuʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnadelʼuuʼthere is a rattling sound
2Ahtnad-The d-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The d-classifier has the following uses
3Proto-Athabaskandə-the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize
4Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*də-—

via Ahtna uʼeł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnauʼeł—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də- →Every word from Ahtna d- →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan də- →