Where does “tthak'wna'” come from?

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

tthak'wna' (Lower Tanana): rock, stone

Definitions

  1. rock, stone

Ancestry of “tthak'wna'”, step by step

tthak'wna' 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 k'wna'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'wna'burnt
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 →