Where does “tth'iɬten' tl'ula'” come from?

tth'iɬten' tl'ula' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tth'iɬten', from Lower Tanana -ten', from Proto-Athabaskan *-təŋʔ — handle.

tth'iɬten' tl'ula' (Lower Tanana): bowstring

Definitions

  1. bowstring

Ancestry of “tth'iɬten' tl'ula'”, step by step

tth'iɬten' tl'ula' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana tth'iɬten'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatth'iɬten'bow
2Lower Tanana-ten'handle
3Proto-Athabaskan*-təŋʔhandle

via Lower Tanana tl'ula'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatl'ula'—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-təŋʔ →Every word from Lower Tanana -ten' →Every word from Lower Tanana tth'iɬten' →