Where does “ts'iɬk'i beghw kwlą́yi” come from?

ts'iɬk'i beghw kwlą́yi (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana kwlą́yi, from Lower Tanana -i, from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

ts'iɬk'i beghw kwlą́yi (Lower Tanana): nine things

Definitions

  1. nine things

Ancestry of “ts'iɬk'i beghw kwlą́yi”, step by step

ts'iɬk'i beghw kwlą́yi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana kwlą́yi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananakwlą́yizero, nothing
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 ts'iɬk'i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananats'iɬk'ione (thing)
2Proto-Athabaskan*tsʼiɬqʼ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →