Where does “tuchwx” come from?

tuchwx (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana chwx, from Lower Tanana chox, from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ — to be big, large.

tuchwx (Lower Tanana): ocean

Definitions

  1. ocean

Ancestry of “tuchwx”, step by step

tuchwx traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana chwx

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananachwxbig, large
2Lower Tananachoxto be large
3Proto-Athabaskan*kʸaɣto be big, large

via Lower Tanana tu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatuwater
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ →Every word from Lower Tanana chox →Every word from Lower Tanana chwx →
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