Where does “yoyekoyh” come from?

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

yoyekoyh (Lower Tanana): northern lights

Definitions

  1. northern lights

Ancestry of “yoyekoyh”, step by step

yoyekoyh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana yo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayosky
2Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky

via Lower Tanana yekoyh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananayekoyhlight, daylight, morning light
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →