English
Na-Dene
Na-Dene comes from Tlingit naa.
- Tlingitmodernnaa
- EnglishtodayNa-Dene
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tlingitmodernnaa
- EnglishtodayNa-Dene
The story
Coined by Edward Sapir in 1915, from Tlingit naa and Athabaskan dene, both meaning people or tribe.
Every English word from Tlingit naa
Today it means
name A major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tlingit naa / Na-Dene