Where does “tl'esrga” come from?

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

tl'esrga (Lower Tanana): slime

Definitions

  1. slime

Ancestry of “tl'esrga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatl'esrmud
2Lower Tananatl'etsto be black, dark blue
3Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼətsʼgallbladder
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼətsʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana tl'ets →Every word from Lower Tanana tl'esr →
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