Where does “xis” come from?

xis (Hupa) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *χəz — pus.

xis (Hupa): pus

Definitions

  1. pus

Ancestry of “xis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*χəzpus
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *χəz