Where does “ch'enok” come from?

ch'enok (Lower Tanana) comes from Hungarian -nök, from Hungarian -nok — Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.

ch'enok (Lower Tanana): gravel bar, mineral or salt lick

Definitions

  1. gravel bar, mineral or salt lick

Ancestry of “ch'enok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-nökAdded to a word to form the name of an occupation
2Hungarian-nokAdded to a word to form the name of an occupation
Every word from Hungarian -nok →Every word from Hungarian -nök →