Where does “Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo” come from?
Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo (Navajo) comes from Navajo dibé, from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ — sheep.
Ancestry of “Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo”, step by step
Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo nitsaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | nitsaa | it is big, large, huge |
via Navajo hahoodzo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | hahoodzo | it is marked out; a U.S. state |