Where does “k'ologezret” come from?

k'ologezret (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana k'o', from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ — arrow.

k'ologezret (Lower Tanana): nock at the back of an arrow

Definitions

  1. nock at the back of an arrow

Ancestry of “k'ologezret”, step by step

k'ologezret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana k'o'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'o'arrow
2Proto-Athabaskan*-q'aʼarrow

via Lower Tanana gezra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananagezraforked
2Lower Tanana-a'Marks a noun as being possessed
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana k'o' →