Where does “xos” come from?

xos (Tanacross) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊšʷ — thorn.

xos (Tanacross): thorn

Definitions

  1. thorn

Ancestry of “xos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*x̣ʊšʷthorn
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊšʷ
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