Where does “jis” come from?

jis (Chilcotin) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑs — king salmon.

jis (Chilcotin): sockeye salmon

Definitions

  1. sockeye salmon

Ancestry of “jis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*ɢeˑsking salmon
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑs