Where does “ts'eba t'ath” come from?

ts'eba t'ath (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana t'ath, from Proto-Athabaskan tʼe — roast, cook; to be thus.

ts'eba t'ath (Lower Tanana): black spruce

Definitions

  1. black spruce

Ancestry of “ts'eba t'ath”, step by step

ts'eba t'ath traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana t'ath

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananat'athto roast
2Proto-Athabaskantʼeroast, cook; to be thus

via Lower Tanana ts'eba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananats'ebaspruce
2Proto-Athabaskanwa'to be gray
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tʼe →Every word from Lower Tanana t'ath →