Where does “ktalënixsi hàch” come from?

ktalënixsi hàch (Unami) comes from Unami hàch, from Proto-Algonquian *we·kw-.

ktalënixsi hàch (Unami): do you speak Delaware?

Definitions

  1. do you speak Delaware?

Ancestry of “ktalënixsi hàch”, step by step

ktalënixsi hàch traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Unami hàch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UnamihàchThe interrogative particle; indicates a question
2Proto-Algonquian*we·kw-

via Unami [[alënixsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unami[[alënixsi

via Unami ktalënixsi]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamiktalënixsi]]
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *we·kw-