Where does “ch'elotona'” come from?

ch'elotona' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -lo', from Proto-Athabaskan *-laˑ — hand.

ch'elotona' (Lower Tanana): inner willow bark

Definitions

  1. inner willow bark

Ancestry of “ch'elotona'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-lo'hand
2Proto-Athabaskan*-laˑhand
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-laˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -lo' →
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