Where does “-zhoozh” come from?

-zhoozh (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan zhu̓zh, from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan shuʼsh.

-zhoozh (Navajo): to move by sliding (a loose mass of rocks, coins, grains, or other small objects)

Definitions

  1. to move by sliding (a loose mass of rocks, coins, grains, or other small objects)

Ancestry of “-zhoozh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanzhu̓zhto move or lie in a bunch or pile
2Pre-Proto-Athabaskanshuʼsh—

Words derived from “-zhoozh”

Every word from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan shuʼsh →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan zhu̓zh →