Where does “xebe-” come from?
xebe- (Lower Tanana) comes from Proto-Georgian-Zan x-, from Portuguese X-búrguer, from English cheeseburger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
xebe- (Lower Tanana): Marks a third-person plural possessor of a noun
Definitions
- Marks a third-person plural possessor of a noun
Ancestry of “xebe-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Georgian-Zan | x- | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | X-búrguer | — |
| 3 | English | cheeseburger | A hamburger containing cheese |
| 4 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |