Where does “tθee” come from?

tθee (Chipewyan) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

tθee (Chipewyan): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “tθee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
2Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *cajEvery word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ
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