Where does “-tthichiyet” come from?

-tthichiyet (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -tthi', from Proto-Athabaskan *tsiʼ — head.

-tthichiyet (Lower Tanana): (at the) top of the head

Definitions

  1. (at the) top of the head

Ancestry of “-tthichiyet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-tthi'head
2Proto-Athabaskan*tsiʼhead
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tsiʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana -tthi' →