Where does “chonh ch'o'i” come from?

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

chonh ch'o'i (Lower Tanana): umbrella

Definitions

  1. umbrella

Ancestry of “chonh ch'o'i”, step by step

chonh ch'o'i traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ch'o'i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananach'o'iprevention, preventative, thwarting
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

via Lower Tanana chonh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananachonhrain
2Proto-Athabaskan*kʸaˑnrain
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →