Where does “ch'etena” come from?

ch'etena (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tena, from Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ — trail.

ch'etena (Lower Tanana): game trail

Definitions

  1. game trail

Ancestry of “ch'etena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatenatrail, road, path
2Proto-Athabaskan*təŋʸ-eˑtrail
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana tena →
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