Where does “xwdetth'enh” come from?
xwdetth'enh (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana de-, from Proto-Athabaskan də-, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *də-.
xwdetth'enh (Lower Tanana): an area is firm, hard
Definitions
- an area is firm, hard
Ancestry of “xwdetth'enh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | de- | The de-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Lower Tanana verb with a variety of purposes. The de-classifier has the following uses |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | də- | the *də- classifier or valence-change prefix, a [[transitivize |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *də- | — |