Where does “tl'aɬtaɬ” come from?

tl'aɬtaɬ (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana taɬ, from Lower Tanana ta — A classificatory root for animate nouns.

tl'aɬtaɬ (Lower Tanana): bufflehead duck

Definitions

  1. bufflehead duck

Ancestry of “tl'aɬtaɬ”, step by step

tl'aɬtaɬ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana taɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananataɬmat, mattress, bedroll
2Lower TananataA classificatory root for animate nouns

via Lower Tanana tl'aɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatl'aɬfire drill
2Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼeˑɬ—
Every word from Lower Tanana ta →Every word from Lower Tanana taɬ →