Where does “nił-” come from?

nił- (Dena'ina) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *niɬ- — An reciprocal prefix; each other.

nił- (Dena'ina): Marks a verb as reciprocal, meaning that two or more agents act upon one another

Definitions

  1. Marks a verb as reciprocal, meaning that two or more agents act upon one another

Ancestry of “nił-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*niɬ-An reciprocal prefix; each other
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *niɬ- →