Where does “-t” come from?

-t (Lower Tanana) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *-tʼ.

-t (Lower Tanana): A suffix marking the transitional aspect (marking change of state) that appears in a few verbs, mostly paired with the prefix

Definitions

  1. A suffix marking the transitional aspect (marking change of state) that appears in a few verbs, mostly paired with the prefix

Ancestry of “-t”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*-tʼ

Words derived from “-t

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-tʼ