Where does “xey” come from?

xey (Tanacross) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy — winter.

xey (Tanacross): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “xey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*x̣αywinter
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy