Where does “eba ch'o'i” come from?
eba ch'o'i (Lower Tanana) comes from Zulu eba, from Sardinian ebba, from Latin equa, from Latin equus, from Proto-Italic ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁oh₁ḱu- — swift.
eba ch'o'i (Lower Tanana): modern medicine
Definitions
- modern medicine
Ancestry of “eba ch'o'i”, step by step
eba ch'o'i traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Zulu eba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zulu | eba | to steal |
| 2 | Sardinian | ebba | female equivalent of caddu: female horse, mare |
| 3 | Latin | equa | a mare |
| 4 | Latin | equus | a horse; a steed, charger |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ekwos | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éḱwos | stallion, horse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁oh₁ḱu- | swift |
via Lower Tanana ch'o'i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | ch'o'i | prevention, preventative, thwarting |
| 2 | Lower Tanana | -i | A nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns |
| 3 | Lower Tanana | yo | sky |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | *yaˑ | sky |