Where does “eɬtr'eyh boya'” come from?

eɬtr'eyh boya' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana eɬtr'eyh, from Lower Tanana e-, from Proto-Hellenic ə-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

eɬtr'eyh boya' (Lower Tanana): whirlwind

Definitions

  1. whirlwind

Ancestry of “eɬtr'eyh boya'”, step by step

eɬtr'eyh boya' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana eɬtr'eyh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaeɬtr'eyhwind blows
2Lower Tananae-Marks the imperfective mode
3Proto-Hellenicə-un-, not; without, lacking
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Lower Tanana bo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaboto be off-white, gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-Every word from Lower Tanana e-