Where does “yeɬni” come from?

yeɬni (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ɬ-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

yeɬni (Lower Tanana): he/she says to him/her

Definitions

  1. he/she says to him/her

Ancestry of “yeɬni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaɬ-One of four "classifier" valency prefixes mandatory on all Lower Tanana verbs. The ɬ-classifier has the following uses
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Lower Tanana ɬ- →