Where does “deneyhxw dadhtoni” come from?

deneyhxw dadhtoni (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana deneyhxw, from Lower Tanana dengi — four things.

deneyhxw dadhtoni (Lower Tanana): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “deneyhxw dadhtoni”, step by step

deneyhxw dadhtoni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana deneyhxw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadeneyhxwin four ways, four directions
2Lower Tananadengifour things

via Lower Tanana dadhtonh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadadhtonha d-gender noun lies, exists, is in position
Every word from Lower Tanana dengi →Every word from Lower Tanana deneyhxw →