Where does “xwyo'ot” come from?

xwyo'ot (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana xwyo, from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

xwyo'ot (Lower Tanana): woman of high status, holy woman

Definitions

  1. woman of high status, holy woman

Ancestry of “xwyo'ot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaxwyointelligence
2Lower Tananayosky
3Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →Every word from Lower Tanana xwyo →