Where does “tl'edza'” come from?

tl'edza' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tl'ets, from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼətsʼ — gallbladder.

tl'edza' (Lower Tanana): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “tl'edza'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatl'etsto be black, dark blue
2Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼətsʼgallbladder
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼətsʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana tl'ets →