Where does “bebeda sresr” come from?

bebeda sresr (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana sresr, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ — black bear.

bebeda sresr (Lower Tanana): American golden plover

Definitions

  1. American golden plover

Ancestry of “bebeda sresr”, step by step

bebeda sresr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana sresr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananasresrbear, black bear
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̯əšʷblack bear

via Lower Tanana bebeda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananabebeda—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ →Every word from Lower Tanana sresr →