Where does “chwx” come from?

chwx (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana chox, from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ — to be big, large.

chwx (Lower Tanana): big, large

Definitions

  1. big, large

Ancestry of “chwx”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananachoxto be large
2Proto-Athabaskan*kʸaɣto be big, large

Words derived from “chwx

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣEvery word from Lower Tanana chox