Where does “atame” come from?

atame (Ye'kwana) comes from Proto-Turkic öt- — to pass, go over.

atame (Ye'kwana): to come to an end, to be over, to run out

Definitions

  1. to come to an end, to be over, to run out

Ancestry of “atame”, step by step

atame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic öt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicöt-to pass, go over

via Ye'kwana ame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ye'kwanaameto lick
Every word from Proto-Turkic öt-