Where does “kóntué” come from?

kóntué (Chipewyan) comes from Chipewyan tu, from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ — water; juice of a fruit.

kóntué (Chipewyan): whiskey, whisky

Definitions

  1. whiskey, whisky

Ancestry of “kóntué”, step by step

kóntué traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chipewyan tu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chipewyantuwater
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Proto-Indo-European kón-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankón-dust, ashes

via Chipewyan é

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chipewyané—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ →Every word from Chipewyan tu →