Where does “deya chu” come from?

deya chu (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana chu, from Proto-Athabaskan *kuˑ.

deya chu (Lower Tanana): don't, stop; serves as a prohibitive

Definitions

  1. don't, stop; serves as a prohibitive

Ancestry of “deya chu”, step by step

deya chu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana chu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananachualso
2Proto-Athabaskan*kuˑ—

via Lower Tanana deya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadeyawhat?
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kuˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana chu →