Where does “wk'at” come from?

wk'at (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana k'at, from Lower Tanana k'a — cavity, hole, depression, pit, opening.

wk'at (Lower Tanana): eddy

Definitions

  1. eddy

Ancestry of “wk'at”, step by step

wk'at traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana k'at

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'atat a location
2Lower Tananak'acavity, hole, depression, pit, opening

via Lower Tanana 'wk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana'wkeddy, swirling water
2Proto-Athabaskan*ʔʊqʼ—
Every word from Lower Tanana k'a →Every word from Lower Tanana k'at →