Where does “-i” come from?

-i (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

-i (Lower Tanana): A nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns

Definitions

  1. A nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns

Ancestry of “-i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayosky
2Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky

Words derived from “-i”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →