Where does “xoos tsaanʼ” come from?

xoos tsaanʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna xoos, from English HORSE, from Middle English horse, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

xoos tsaanʼ (Ahtna): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “xoos tsaanʼ”, step by step

xoos tsaanʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna xoos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnaxooshorse
2EnglishHORSEA poker variant consisting of five different...
3Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
4Old Englishhorshorse
5Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
6Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Ahtna tsaanʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnatsaanʼexcrement
2Proto-Athabaskan*ts̆ʷa̓ˑnʼexcrement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hross