Where does “deyado” come from?

deyado (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana do-, from Proto-Athabaskan *daˑ.

deyado (Lower Tanana): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “deyado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananado-An interrogative prefix, used to form wh-questions; what, how
2Proto-Athabaskan*daˑ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *daˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana do- →