Where does “ʼadoo-” come from?

ʼadoo- (Navajo) comes from Navajo yi-, from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

ʼadoo- (Navajo): Marks an indefinite subject of a future mode verb

Definitions

  1. Marks an indefinite subject of a future mode verb

Ancestry of “ʼadoo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyi-night, dawn
2Navajoní-forms the comparative form of neuter imperfective verbs
3Navajoł-the
4Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Navajo ní- →Every word from Navajo yi- →