Where does “xwk'ox” come from?

xwk'ox (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana k'ox, from Lower Tanana k'o', from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ — arrow.

xwk'ox (Lower Tanana): file

Definitions

  1. file

Ancestry of “xwk'ox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananak'oxto grind, file, sharpen
2Lower Tananak'o'arrow
3Proto-Athabaskan*-q'aʼarrow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-q'aʼ →Every word from Lower Tanana k'o' →Every word from Lower Tanana k'ox →