Where does “k'ottha'” come from?

k'ottha' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ttha, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

k'ottha' (Lower Tanana): bullets, shells

Definitions

  1. bullets, shells

Ancestry of “k'ottha'”, step by step

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

via Lower Tanana ttha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananattharock, larger stone
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Lower Tanana k'o'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'o'arrow
2Proto-Athabaskan*-q'aʼarrow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana ttha →
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