Where does “tu k'a” come from?

tu k'a (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana tu, from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ — water; juice of a fruit.

tu k'a (Lower Tanana): water hole, well

Definitions

  1. water hole, well

Ancestry of “tu k'a”, step by step

tu k'a traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana tu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatuwater
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Lower Tanana k'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'acavity, hole, depression, pit, opening
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana tu →