Where does “tthatthiɬ” come from?

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

tthatthiɬ (Lower Tanana): stone axe

Definitions

  1. stone axe

Ancestry of “tthatthiɬ”, step by step

tthatthiɬ 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 tthatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatthatlto chop sharply
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana ttha →