Where does “-chalt'wga'” come from?

-chalt'wga' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -cha', from Proto-Athabaskan *-k̯eʼ — tail.

-chalt'wga' (Lower Tanana): tailfin of a fish

Definitions

  1. tailfin of a fish

Ancestry of “-chalt'wga'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-cha'tail
2Proto-Athabaskan*-k̯eʼtail
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-k̯eʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana -cha' →