Where does “wakatono” come from?

wakatono (Maori) comes from Italian -tono, from Lower Tanana to-, from Proto-Athabaskan *taˑ.

Ancestry of “wakatono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-tono—
2Lower Tananato-water
3Proto-Athabaskan*taˑ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *taˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana to- →Every word from Italian -tono →