Where does “łuug” come from?

łuug (Tanacross) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬuˑqʼeˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ.

łuug (Tanacross): fish, especially a humpback whitefish

Definitions

  1. fish, especially a humpback whitefish

Ancestry of “łuug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*ɬuˑqʼeˑfish, salmon
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɬu̓χ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬuˑqʼeˑ →