Where does “ööwasinchö” come from?

ööwasinchö (Ye'kwana) comes from Ye'kwana ewansinchö, from Ye'kwana -tö — forms the plural of the distant past tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person.

ööwasinchö (Ye'kwana): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “ööwasinchö”, step by step

ööwasinchö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ye'kwana ewansinchö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ye'kwanaewansinchöto feed
2Ye'kwana-töforms the plural of the distant past tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person

via Proto-Turkic öt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicöt-to pass, go over
Every word from Ye'kwana -töEvery word from Ye'kwana ewansinchö