Where does “ges” come from?

ges (Kato) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑs — king salmon.

ges (Kato): black salmon, chinook salmon

Definitions

  1. black salmon, chinook salmon

Ancestry of “ges”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*ɢeˑsking salmon
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑs