Where does “-CHÍÍL” come from?

-CHÍÍL (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ — (crusted) snow.

-CHÍÍL (Navajo): to snow; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Definitions

  1. to snow; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Ancestry of “-CHÍÍL”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*čiˑtɬʼ(crusted) snow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ
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