Where does “-chela” come from?

-chela (Lower Tanana) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *-kʸə̓tɬʼə — younger brother.

-chela (Lower Tanana): younger brother

Definitions

  1. younger brother

Ancestry of “-chela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*-kʸə̓tɬʼəyounger brother
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-kʸə̓tɬʼə
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