Where does “kwnits'e” come from?

kwnits'e (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana kwn', from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

kwnits'e (Lower Tanana): by or over a fire

Definitions

  1. by or over a fire

Ancestry of “kwnits'e”, step by step

kwnits'e traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana kwn'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananakwn'fire
2Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Lower Tanana nidre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanananidre—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana kwn' →