Where does “kwlą́na” come from?

kwlą́na (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana xw-, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊ- — An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather.

kwlą́na (Lower Tanana): Plural equivalent of

Definitions

  1. Plural equivalent of

Ancestry of “kwlą́na”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaxw-Relates to area, place, position, or state
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̣ʊ-An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊ-Every word from Lower Tanana xw-
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