Where does “-ts'enlo'” come from?

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

-ts'enlo' (Lower Tanana): wing

Definitions

  1. wing

Ancestry of “-ts'enlo'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-ts'ena'(on the) side of, next to
2Lower Tananats'en'to, toward
3Proto-Athabaskan*tsʼənʔto, toward
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼənʔ →Every word from Lower Tanana -ts'ena' →Every word from Lower Tanana ts'en' →