Where does “noyat'an'” come from?

noyat'an' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana de-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.

noyat'an' (Lower Tanana): it is visible directly downwards

Definitions

  1. it is visible directly downwards

Ancestry of “noyat'an'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananade-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
2Proto-Athabaskandə-the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*də-
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-