Where does “ch'ekwlą́yi” come from?

ch'ekwlą́yi (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana kwlą́yi, from Lower Tanana -i, from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

ch'ekwlą́yi (Lower Tanana): zero, nothing

Definitions

  1. zero, nothing

Ancestry of “ch'ekwlą́yi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananakwlą́yizero, nothing
2Lower Tanana-iA nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns
3Lower Tananayosky
4Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →