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
- potato
Ancestry of “xoos tsaanʼ”, step by step
xoos tsaanʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ahtna xoos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | xoos | horse |
| 2 | English | HORSE | A poker variant consisting of five different... |
| 3 | Middle English | horse | Alternative form of hors; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old English | hors | horse |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hross | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrussą | horse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
via Ahtna tsaanʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | tsaanʼ | excrement |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *ts̆ʷa̓ˑnʼ | excrement |