Where does “niɬghw” come from?

niɬghw (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana niɬ-, from Proto-Athabaskan *niɬ- — An reciprocal prefix; each other.

niɬghw (Lower Tanana): joining, together

Definitions

  1. joining, together

Ancestry of “niɬghw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanananiɬ-A reciprocal prefix, used as a possessive prefix or a verbal/postpositional object prefix. Often translated as 'each other'
2Proto-Athabaskan*niɬ-An reciprocal prefix; each other
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *niɬ- →Every word from Lower Tanana niɬ- →
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