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
- to call it by name, to name it; {|...
Ancestry of “-ZHIʼ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Athabaskan | ži | to name it |
| 2 | Indo-Iranian | *ǰyáH | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *gʷyéH | — |