Where does “tuteneɬ” come from?

tuteneɬ (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana teneɬ, from Lower Tanana -ten', from Proto-Athabaskan *-təŋʔ — handle.

tuteneɬ (Lower Tanana): water cup

Definitions

  1. water cup

Ancestry of “tuteneɬ”, step by step

tuteneɬ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana teneɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananateneɬbox
2Lower Tanana-ten'handle
3Proto-Athabaskan*-təŋʔhandle

via Lower Tanana tu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatuwater
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-təŋʔ →Every word from Lower Tanana -ten' →Every word from Lower Tanana teneɬ →