Where does “yuʼ uyizdlaayi” come from?

yuʼ uyizdlaayi (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna zdlaa, from Ahtna ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

yuʼ uyizdlaayi (Ahtna): suitcase

Definitions

  1. suitcase

Ancestry of “yuʼ uyizdlaayi”, step by step

yuʼ uyizdlaayi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ahtna zdlaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnazdlaaplural objects are in position, are there
2Ahtnał-The ł-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The ł-classifier has the following uses
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs

via Ahtna uyii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnauyii—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Ahtna ł- →Every word from Ahtna zdlaa →