Where does “sresr tlaga'” come from?

sresr tlaga' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana sresr, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ — black bear.

sresr tlaga' (Lower Tanana): brown bear

Definitions

  1. brown bear

Ancestry of “sresr tlaga'”, step by step

sresr tlaga' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana sresr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananasresrbear, black bear
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̯əšʷblack bear

via Lower Tanana tlaga'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatlaga'shabby, scruffy, decrepit, deteriorated, tattered, old, useless
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ →Every word from Lower Tanana sresr →