Where does “ttha onh” come from?

ttha onh (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ttha, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

ttha onh (Lower Tanana): cave, rock den

Definitions

  1. cave, rock den

Ancestry of “ttha onh”, step by step

ttha onh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ttha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananattharock, larger stone
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Lower Tanana onh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaonhanimal den
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana ttha →