Where does “Dibé Nitsaa” come from?

Dibé Nitsaa (Navajo) comes from Navajo dibé, from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ — sheep.

Dibé Nitsaa (Navajo): Hesperus Mountain, Colorado

Definitions

  1. Hesperus Mountain, Colorado

Ancestry of “Dibé Nitsaa”, step by step

Dibé Nitsaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dibé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodibésheep
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəweˑsheep

via Navajo nitsaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonitsaait is big, large, huge
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ →Every word from Navajo dibé →