Where does “nodetl'u” come from?
nodetl'u (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana de-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.
nodetl'u (Lower Tanana): he/she is getting dressed
Definitions
- he/she is getting dressed
Ancestry of “nodetl'u”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | de- | The de-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Lower Tanana verb with a variety of purposes. The de-classifier has the following uses |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | də- | the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *də- | — |