Where does “dechenh yi yex” come from?
dechenh yi yex (Lower Tanana) comes from English yex, from Middle English yexen, from Old English ġeocsian, from Proto-West Germanic giskōn, from Proto-Indo-European ǵeys- — gaping, cracked.
dechenh yi yex (Lower Tanana): log cabin
Definitions
- log cabin
Ancestry of “dechenh yi yex”, step by step
dechenh yi yex traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English yex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yex | to hiccup; to belch or burp; a hiccup |
| 2 | Middle English | yexen | to hiccup, belch |
| 3 | Old English | ġeocsian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | giskōn | to yawn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵeys- | gaping, cracked |
via Lower Tanana dechenh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | dechenh | stick, log, pole, post |
| 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- | — |
via Lower Tanana yi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | yi | inside, within |