Where does “dechetu'” come from?
dechetu' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana dechenh, from Lower Tanana d-, from Lower Tanana de-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.
dechetu' (Lower Tanana): spruce bark tea
Definitions
- spruce bark tea
Ancestry of “dechetu'”, step by step
dechetu' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 tu'
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | tu' | — |