Where does “ch'elona'ina” come from?

ch'elona'ina (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana lo, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬaˑ.

ch'elona'ina (Lower Tanana): elders

Definitions

  1. elders

Ancestry of “ch'elona'ina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower TananaloA classificatory stem for plural objects and singular rope-like objects; many extended meanings, including washing and singing
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɬaˑ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana lo →