Where does “ts'iɬk'i bek'etxw” come from?

ts'iɬk'i bek'etxw (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ts'iɬk'i, from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼiɬqʼ.

ts'iɬk'i bek'etxw (Lower Tanana): in eleven ways, eleven directions

Definitions

  1. in eleven ways, eleven directions

Ancestry of “ts'iɬk'i bek'etxw”, step by step

ts'iɬk'i bek'etxw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ts'iɬk'i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananats'iɬk'ione (thing)
2Proto-Athabaskan*tsʼiɬqʼ—

via Lower Tanana bek'et

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananabek'eton it
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼiɬqʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana ts'iɬk'i →