Where does “dak'wni dheth” come from?
dak'wni dheth (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana dak'wni, from Lower Tanana d-, from Lower Tanana de-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.
dak'wni dheth (Lower Tanana): tobacco pouch
Definitions
- tobacco pouch
Ancestry of “dak'wni dheth”, step by step
dak'wni dheth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lower Tanana dak'wni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | dak'wni | tobacco |
| 2 | Lower Tanana | d- | A "qualifier" prefix with a variety of meanings |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | də- | the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize |
| 5 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *də- | — |