Where does “xwyo bech'o' ch'eloghi” come from?
xwyo bech'o' ch'eloghi (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ch'eloghi, from Middle English -lok, from Old English -lāc, from Proto-Germanic laiką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
xwyo bech'o' ch'eloghi (Lower Tanana): incantation or word to prevent an event
Definitions
- incantation or word to prevent an event
Ancestry of “xwyo bech'o' ch'eloghi”, step by step
xwyo bech'o' ch'eloghi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Lower Tanana ch'eloghi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | ch'eloghi | events, things that happen |
| 2 | Middle English | -lok | — |
| 3 | Old English | -lāc | gift |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | laiką | game, sport |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Lower Tanana xwyo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | xwyo | intelligence |
| 2 | Lower Tanana | xw- | Relates to area, place, position, or state |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *x̣ʊ- | An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather |
via Lower Tanana bech'o'
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Tanana | bech'o' | — |