Where does “xetht'a'” come from?

xetht'a' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana t'a, from Proto-Athabaskan tʼe — roast, cook; to be thus.

xetht'a' (Lower Tanana): male fish

Definitions

  1. male fish

Ancestry of “xetht'a'”, step by step

xetht'a' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana t'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananat'ato be thus
2Proto-Athabaskantʼeroast, cook; to be thus

via Lower Tanana xeth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaxethpus
2Proto-Athabaskan*χəzpus
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tʼe →Every word from Lower Tanana t'a →