Where does “des” come from?

des (Chipewyan) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *deˑšʷ — river, sandbar.

des (Chipewyan): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “des”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*deˑšʷriver, sandbar
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *deˑšʷ