Where does “nidanitonh” come from?

nidanitonh (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ton, from Proto-Athabaskan tan — A classificatory root for elongated objects, containers, and their contents.

nidanitonh (Lower Tanana): a counting stick or other elongated object is placed

Definitions

  1. a counting stick or other elongated object is placed

Ancestry of “nidanitonh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower TananatonA classificatory root for elongated objects and enclosed containers, with a wide variety of extended meanings
2Proto-AthabaskantanA classificatory root for elongated objects, containers, and their contents
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tan →Every word from Lower Tanana ton →