Where does “tthadhida'” come from?

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

tthadhida' (Lower Tanana): gravel, loose rocks

Definitions

  1. gravel, loose rocks

Ancestry of “tthadhida'”, step by step

tthadhida' 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 dhida'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananadhida'pulverized
2Lower Tanana-a'Marks a noun as being possessed
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana ttha →