Where does “ch'eɬtth'agha” come from?

ch'eɬtth'agha (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tth'ax, from Lower Tanana tth'ak, from Proto-Athabaskan tsʼeq' — to lick.

ch'eɬtth'agha (Lower Tanana): boreal owl

Definitions

  1. boreal owl

Ancestry of “ch'eɬtth'agha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatth'axsinew
2Lower Tananatth'akto lick
3Proto-Athabaskantsʼeq'to lick
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tsʼeq' →Every word from Lower Tanana tth'ak →Every word from Lower Tanana tth'ax →
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