Where does “tr'itl'uɬ” come from?

tr'itl'uɬ (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tl'uɬ, from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼuˑɬ — rope.

tr'itl'uɬ (Lower Tanana): tow line

Definitions

  1. tow line

Ancestry of “tr'itl'uɬ”, step by step

tr'itl'uɬ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana tl'uɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatl'uɬrope
2Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼuˑɬrope

via Lower Tanana tr'iyh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatr'iyhbirchbark canoe
2Proto-Athabaskan*čʼʷiˑxʸ(birchbark) canoe
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼuˑɬ →Every word from Lower Tanana tl'uɬ →