Where does “-tthit'oget” come from?

-tthit'oget (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -t'oget, from Lower Tanana -t'o, from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼaˑ — feather, plume.

-tthit'oget (Lower Tanana): top of the head

Definitions

  1. top of the head

Ancestry of “-tthit'oget”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-t'ogetback of, behind, in back of
2Lower Tanana-t'obeneath, under
3Proto-Athabaskan*tʼaˑfeather, plume
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -t'oget →Every word from Lower Tanana -t'o →