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Where does “hogan” come from?

hogan (English) comes from Navajo hooghan, from Navajo ho-, from Navajo hw-.

hogan (English): A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge,...

Definitions

  1. A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge,...

Ancestry of “hogan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohooghandwelling, home, hogan
2Navajoho-indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun...
3Navajohw-—
Every word from Navajo hw- →