Where does “k'olok'at” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. nock at the back of an arrow

Ancestry of “k'olok'at”, step by step

k'olok'at 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 k'at

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'atat a location
2Lower Tananak'acavity, hole, depression, pit, opening
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana k'o' →
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