Where does “ukʼedezyesi” come from?

ukʼedezyesi (Ahtna) comes from Proto-Indo-European yes- — to foam; to boil.

ukʼedezyesi (Ahtna): wind-dried fish meat

Definitions

  1. wind-dried fish meat

Ancestry of “ukʼedezyesi”, step by step

ukʼedezyesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European yes-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyes-to foam; to boil

via Ahtna ukʼe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaukʼe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yes-
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