Where does “ch'udal'anh” come from?
ch'udal'anh (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana d-, from Lower Tanana de-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.
ch'udal'anh (Lower Tanana): he/she hinting at something
Definitions
- he/she hinting at something
Ancestry of “ch'udal'anh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | d- | A "qualifier" prefix with a variety of meanings |
| 2 | Lower Tanana | de- | The de-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Lower Tanana verb with a variety of purposes. The de-classifier has the following uses |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | də- | the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *də- | — |