Where does “dodetl'etsna” come from?

dodetl'etsna (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana dodetl'ets, from Lower Tanana tl'ets, from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼətsʼ — gallbladder.

dodetl'etsna (Lower Tanana): black people

Definitions

  1. black people

Ancestry of “dodetl'etsna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadodetl'etsit is black
2Lower Tananatl'etsto be black, dark blue
3Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼətsʼgallbladder
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼətsʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana tl'ets →Every word from Lower Tanana dodetl'ets →