Where does “tsé” come from?

tsé (Jicarilla) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

tsé (Jicarilla): rock, stone, boulder

Definitions

  1. rock, stone, boulder

Ancestry of “tsé”, 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 →