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Where does “Dibé Nitsaa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Dibé Nitsaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodibésheep
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəweˑ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ →