Where does “eek” come from?

eek (Tanacross) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂeˑgʸ — shirt, coat.

eek (Tanacross): coat

Definitions

  1. coat

Ancestry of “eek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*-Ɂeˑgʸshirt, coat
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂeˑgʸ