Where does “ch'o'i” come from?

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

ch'o'i (Lower Tanana): prevention, preventative, thwarting

Definitions

  1. prevention, preventative, thwarting

Ancestry of “ch'o'i”, 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

Words derived from “ch'o'i”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →
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