Where does “niyo” come from?

niyo (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

niyo (Lower Tanana): he/she came, arrived

Definitions

  1. he/she came, arrived

Ancestry of “niyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayosky
2Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →