Where does “Diné bizaad” come from?

Diné bizaad (Navajo) comes from Navajo diné, from Navajo di-, from Navajo -CHIIʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan čig — to be red ochre.

Diné bizaad (Navajo): The Navajo language

Definitions

  1. The Navajo language

Ancestry of “Diné bizaad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodinéperson; man; the people
2Navajodi-fire, near or into it; Young and Morgan identify...
3Navajo-CHIIʼred; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...
4Proto-Athabaskančigto be red ochre

Words derived from “Diné bizaad

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan čigEvery word from Navajo di-Every word from Navajo diné