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Where does “-ZIIL” come from?

-ZIIL (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan zəl — to be hot.

-ZIIL (Navajo): to be warm, tepid; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Definitions

  1. to be warm, tepid; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Ancestry of “-ZIIL”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanzəlto be hot
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan zəl →