Where does “ch'eyozra” come from?

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

ch'eyozra (Lower Tanana): baby animal

Definitions

  1. baby animal

Ancestry of “ch'eyozra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayozralittle
2Lower 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
3Lower Tananayosky
4Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑEvery word from Lower Tanana -iEvery word from Lower Tanana yo