Where does “denayu” come from?

denayu (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana dena, from Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ — person.

denayu (Lower Tanana): people

Definitions

  1. people

Ancestry of “denayu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadenaperson, human, man
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəneˑperson
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana dena →
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