Where does “yakulii” come from?

yakulii (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ko-, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊ- — An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather.

yakulii (Ahtna): he/she is afraid of him/her

Definitions

  1. he/she is afraid of him/her

Ancestry of “yakulii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnako-marks an area as the subject of a verb
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̣ʊ-An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊ- →Every word from Ahtna ko- →