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Where does “álázhoozh” come from?

álázhoozh (Navajo) comes from Navajo -zhoozh, from Proto-Athabaskan zhu̓zh, from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan shuʼsh.

álázhoozh (Navajo): finger; phalanges of the hand; metacarpals of the...

Definitions

  1. finger; phalanges of the hand; metacarpals of the...

Ancestry of “álázhoozh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-zhoozh—
2Proto-Athabaskanzhu̓zh—
3Pre-Proto-Athabaskanshuʼsh—
Every word from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan shuʼsh →