Where does “-naxdheth” come from?

-naxdheth (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -nagha', from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ — eye.

-naxdheth (Lower Tanana): eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid

Ancestry of “-naxdheth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-nagha'eye
2Proto-Athabaskannαx̣eye
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ →Every word from Lower Tanana -nagha' →
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