Where does “tsé” come from?
tsé (Jicarilla) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.
tsé (Jicarilla): rock, stone, boulder
Ancestry of “tsé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Athabaskan | *tseˑ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *caj | — |