Where does “-chalts'ila'” come from?

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

-chalts'ila' (Lower Tanana): lower vertebrae, base of the spine

Definitions

  1. lower vertebrae, base of the spine

Ancestry of “-chalts'ila'”, step by step

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