Where does “katiya fokhahaat” come from?

katiya fokhahaat (Chickasaw) comes from Chickasaw katiya fokha, from Chickasaw fokha — to get dressed.

katiya fokhahaat (Chickasaw): how much, how many (of a very large or uncountable number)

Definitions

  1. how much, how many (of a very large or uncountable number)

Ancestry of “katiya fokhahaat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawkatiya fokhato be how?, to be to what degree? (interrogative auxiliary verb preceded by a verb with ±kat same-subject switch-reference suffix)
2Chickasawfokhato get dressed
Every word from Chickasaw fokha →Every word from Chickasaw katiya fokha →