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
Ancestry of “Diné bizaad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Navajo | diné | person; man; the people |
| 2 | Navajo | di- | fire, near or into it; Young and Morgan identify... |
| 3 | Navajo | -CHIIʼ | red; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;... |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | čig | to be red ochre |