Where does “ch'et'adhi” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ch'et'adhi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower 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
2Lower Tananayosky
3Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑEvery word from Lower Tanana -iEvery word from Lower Tanana yo
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