Where does “t'egheth yozra” come from?

t'egheth yozra (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana yozra, from Lower Tanana -i, from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

t'egheth yozra (Lower Tanana): aspen tree

Definitions

  1. aspen tree

Ancestry of “t'egheth yozra”, step by step

t'egheth yozra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana yozra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayozralittle
2Lower Tanana-iA nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns
3Lower Tananayosky
4Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky

via Lower Tanana t'egheth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananat'eghethcottonwood
2Proto-Athabaskan*tʼəx̣ᵊscottonwood
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →