Where does “k'ot'o” come from?

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

k'ot'o (Lower Tanana): arrow fletching

Definitions

  1. arrow fletching

Ancestry of “k'ot'o”, step by step

k'ot'o 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 t'o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananat'ofeather
2Proto-Athabaskan*tʼaˑfeather, plume
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana k'o' →
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