Where does “Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah” come from?
Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh łichíiʼii, from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
Ancestry of “Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah”, step by step
Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo béésh łichíiʼii
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | béésh łichíiʼii | copper; bronze |
| 2 | Navajo | béésh | flint; iron; metal |
| 3 | Navajo | biiʼ | in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,... |
| 4 | Navajo | kǫʼ | fire |
| 5 | Proto-Athabaskan | *qʊ̓nʼ | fire |