Where does “-HAI” come from?
-HAI (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy — winter.
-HAI (Navajo): a winter, a year passes; {|...
Definitions
- a winter, a year passes; {|...
Ancestry of “-HAI”, step by step
-HAI traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Athabaskan | *x̣αy | winter |
via Namuyi hǟ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namuyi | hǟ | to buy |