Where does “juzra chwx” come from?

juzra chwx (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana chwx, from Lower Tanana chox, from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ — to be big, large.

juzra chwx (Lower Tanana): northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Definitions

  1. northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Ancestry of “juzra chwx”, step by step

juzra chwx traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana chwx

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananachwxbig, large
2Lower Tananachoxto be large
3Proto-Athabaskan*kʸaɣto be big, large

via Lower Tanana juzra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananajuzragray jay, Canada jay, camp robber (Perisoreus canadensis)
2Proto-Athabaskan*g̑u̓ˑžʷə—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ →Every word from Lower Tanana chox →Every word from Lower Tanana chwx →