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Where does “-YIZ” come from?

-YIZ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan ɣ̇əz — to turn, to whirl.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-YIZ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanɣ̇əzto turn, to whirl
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɣ̇əz →