Where does “-ZHIʼ” come from?

-ZHIʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan ži, from Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH.

-ZHIʼ (Navajo): to call it by name, to name it; {|...

Definitions

  1. to call it by name, to name it; {|...

Ancestry of “-ZHIʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanžito name it
2Indo-Iranian*ǰyáH
3Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéH
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéHEvery word from Indo-Iranian *ǰyáHEvery word from Proto-Athabaskan ži
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