Where does “ɬeyet” come from?

ɬeyet (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ɬet, from Proto-Athabaskan łəd — smoke.

ɬeyet (Lower Tanana): smokehole

Definitions

  1. smokehole

Ancestry of “ɬeyet”, step by step

ɬeyet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ɬet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaɬetsmoke
2Proto-Athabaskanłədsmoke

via Proto-Indo-European yet-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyet-to establish oneself, place firmly
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan łəd →Every word from Lower Tanana ɬet →