Where does “yith” come from?

yith (Deg Xinag) comes from Proto-Athabaskan yəx̣s — snow.

yith (Deg Xinag): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “yith”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanyəx̣ssnow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan yəx̣s
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