Where does “tlaldali” come from?

tlaldali (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tla, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

tlaldali (Lower Tanana): collared pika

Definitions

  1. collared pika

Ancestry of “tlaldali”, step by step

tlaldali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana tla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatla—
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Lower Tanana daɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadaɬsandhill crane
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana tla →