Where does “tr'iyozra” come from?

tr'iyozra (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana yozra, from Lower Tanana -i, from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

tr'iyozra (Lower Tanana): small canoe

Definitions

  1. small canoe

Ancestry of “tr'iyozra”, step by step

tr'iyozra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana yozra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayozralittle
2Lower Tanana-iA nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns
3Lower Tananayosky
4Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky

via Lower Tanana tr'iyh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatr'iyhbirchbark canoe
2Proto-Athabaskan*čʼʷiˑxʸ(birchbark) canoe
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →