Where does “Yochwx” come from?

Yochwx (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana chwx, from Lower Tanana chox, from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ — to be big, large.

Yochwx (Lower Tanana): A legendary sky giant

Definitions

  1. A legendary sky giant

Ancestry of “Yochwx”, step by step

Yochwx traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana chwx

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananachwxbig, large
2Lower Tananachoxto be large
3Proto-Athabaskan*kʸaɣto be big, large

via Lower Tanana yo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayosky
2Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ →Every word from Lower Tanana chox →Every word from Lower Tanana chwx →