Where does “kon' tth'ax” come from?

kon' tth'ax (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tth'ax, from Lower Tanana tth'ak, from Proto-Athabaskan tsʼeq' — to lick.

kon' tth'ax (Lower Tanana): thread

Definitions

  1. thread

Ancestry of “kon' tth'ax”, step by step

kon' tth'ax traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana tth'ax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatth'axsinew
2Lower Tananatth'akto lick
3Proto-Athabaskantsʼeq'to lick

via Lower Tanana kon'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananakon'sewing
2Proto-Athabaskan*qaˑnʔ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tsʼeq' →Every word from Lower Tanana tth'ak →Every word from Lower Tanana tth'ax →