Where does “-yexdot” come from?

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

-yexdot (Lower Tanana): in the throat, larynx

Definitions

  1. in the throat, larynx

Ancestry of “-yexdot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-tA suffix marking the transitional aspect (marking change of state) that appears in a few verbs, mostly paired with the prefix
2Proto-Athabaskan*-tʼ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-tʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana -t →