Where does “xay gigeʼ” come from?

xay gigeʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna gigi, from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə — berry.

xay gigeʼ (Ahtna): lowbush cranberry

Definitions

  1. lowbush cranberry

Ancestry of “xay gigeʼ”, step by step

xay gigeʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna gigi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnagigiberry, berries
2Proto-Athabaskan*giʼgəberry

via Ahtna xay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaxaywinter
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̣αywinter
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə →Every word from Ahtna gigi →
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