Where does “gas” come from?

gas (Upper Kuskokwim) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑs — king salmon.

gas (Upper Kuskokwim): king salmon

Definitions

  1. king salmon

Ancestry of “gas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*ɢeˑsking salmon
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑs