Where does “-neez” come from?

-neez (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *nʸe̓z — to be long, tall.

Ancestry of “-neez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*nʸe̓zto be long, tall

Words derived from “-neez

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *nʸe̓z