Where does “łuk'a” come from?

łuk'a (Upper Kuskokwim) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬuˑqʼeˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ.

łuk'a (Upper Kuskokwim): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “łuk'a”, step by step

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