Where does “yaʼ” come from?

yaʼ (Hupa) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *yaʔ — louse.

yaʼ (Hupa): louse

Definitions

  1. louse

Ancestry of “yaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*yaʔlouse
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaʔ