Where does “trex ch'elik” come from?

trex ch'elik (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ch'elik, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-, from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o-.

trex ch'elik (Lower Tanana): mourning song

Definitions

  1. mourning song

Ancestry of “trex ch'elik”, step by step

trex ch'elik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ch'elik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananach'eliksong, hymn
2Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—

via Lower Tanana trex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatrex—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik- →Every word from Lower Tanana ch'elik →