Where does “-ts'en'” come from?

-ts'en' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ts'en', from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼənʔ — to, toward.

-ts'en' (Lower Tanana): An enclitic with the meaning 'in the manner of, like, as,' equivalent to English -ly. In addition to adverbs, it can form demonstratives and numerals

Definitions

  1. An enclitic with the meaning 'in the manner of, like, as,' equivalent to English -ly. In addition to adverbs, it can form demonstratives and numerals

Ancestry of “-ts'en'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananats'en'to, toward
2Proto-Athabaskan*tsʼənʔto, toward

Words derived from “-ts'en'”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼənʔ →Every word from Lower Tanana ts'en' →