Where does “ch'etth'ena'” come from?

ch'etth'ena' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tth'enh, from Proto-Athabaskan *cʼən — bone.

ch'etth'ena' (Lower Tanana): dentalia beads

Definitions

  1. dentalia beads

Ancestry of “ch'etth'ena'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatth'enhbone
2Proto-Athabaskan*cʼənbone
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *cʼənEvery word from Lower Tanana tth'enh