Where does “ch'etsitl” come from?

ch'etsitl (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tsitl, from Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ — (crusted) snow.

ch'etsitl (Lower Tanana): fermented fish

Definitions

  1. fermented fish

Ancestry of “ch'etsitl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatsitlsnow on the ground
2Proto-Athabaskan*čiˑtɬʼ(crusted) snow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼEvery word from Lower Tanana tsitl