Where does “tabiɬ ttha'” come from?

tabiɬ ttha' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ttha, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

tabiɬ ttha' (Lower Tanana): sinker for a fishnet

Definitions

  1. sinker for a fishnet

Ancestry of “tabiɬ ttha'”, step by step

tabiɬ ttha' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ttha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananattharock, larger stone
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Lower Tanana tabiɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatabiɬfishnet
2Lower Tananata-water, underwater, in the water
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana ttha →