Where does “betena” come from?

betena (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tena, from Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ — trail.

betena (Lower Tanana): the Milky Way

Definitions

  1. the Milky Way

Ancestry of “betena”, step by step

betena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana tena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatenatrail, road, path
2Proto-Athabaskan*təŋʸ-eˑtrail

via Lower Tanana be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananabe—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana tena →