Where does “tthecho” come from?

tthecho (South Slavey) comes from South Slavey tthe, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

tthecho (South Slavey): boulder

Definitions

  1. boulder

Ancestry of “tthecho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1South Slaveytthestone
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from South Slavey tthe →