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Where does “-KĄĄD” come from?

-KĄĄD (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan qanʸ — to be sweet, to taste good.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-KĄĄD”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanqanʸto be sweet, to taste good
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