Where does “Ninano' Xwt'ana” come from?

Ninano' Xwt'ana (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana Ninano', from Lower Tanana no, from Proto-Athabaskan *noˑ.

Ninano' Xwt'ana (Lower Tanana): the Nenana band or people of Alaska

Definitions

  1. the Nenana band or people of Alaska

Ancestry of “Ninano' Xwt'ana”, step by step

Ninano' Xwt'ana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana Ninano'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower TananaNinano'—
2Lower Tanananosign of, premonition of, omen of
3Proto-Athabaskan*noˑ—

via Lower Tanana xwt'ana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaxwt'anathe people of or living in a place
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *noˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana no →Every word from Lower Tanana Ninano' →