Where does “kwe” come from?

kwe (Dogrib) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

kwe (Dogrib): stone, rock

Definitions

  1. stone, rock

Ancestry of “kwe”, step by step

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