Where does “neɬteni ch'ejega'” come from?

neɬteni ch'ejega' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana jega, from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə — berry.

neɬteni ch'ejega' (Lower Tanana): baneberry

Definitions

  1. baneberry

Ancestry of “neɬteni ch'ejega'”, step by step

neɬteni ch'ejega' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana jega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananajegaberry
2Proto-Athabaskan*giʼgəberry

via Lower Tanana neɬteni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanananeɬtenithunder
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə →Every word from Lower Tanana jega →