Where does “tthabasr” come from?

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

tthabasr (Lower Tanana): tomahawk

Definitions

  1. tomahawk

Ancestry of “tthabasr”, step by step

tthabasr 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 basr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananabasrstone
2Proto-Athabaskan*weˑšknife
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana ttha →