Where does “Dené-Caucasian” come from?
Dené-Caucasian (English) comes from English Dene, from Middle English dene, from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
Dené-Caucasian (English): A discredited language family proposal that includes widely-separated language groups spoken in the Northern Hemisphere
Definitions
- A discredited language family proposal that includes widely-separated language groups spoken in the Northern Hemisphere
Ancestry of “Dené-Caucasian”, step by step
Dené-Caucasian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dene | An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | dene | valley |
| 3 | Latin | dēnī | — |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via English Caucasian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Caucasian | Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its... |
| 2 | English | Caucasus | A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus |
| 3 | Latin | Caucasus | Caucasus |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Καύκασος | Caucasus |
| 5 | Proto-Scythian | xrohukäsi | ice-shining, white with snow |