Where does “bes” come from?

bes (Chipewyan) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš — knife.

bes (Chipewyan): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “bes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*weˑšknife
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš