Where does “Menhti” come from?

Menhti (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana benh, from Lower Tanana ben, from Proto-Athabaskan *wən — lake.

Menhti (Lower Tanana): Minto Flats, a swampland in Alaska

Definitions

  1. Minto Flats, a swampland in Alaska

Ancestry of “Menhti”, step by step

Menhti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana benh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananabenhlake
2Lower Tananabenthe water level moves
3Proto-Athabaskan*wənlake

via Lower Tanana ti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatiduring

Words derived from “Menhti”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *wən →Every word from Lower Tanana ben →Every word from Lower Tanana benh →
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