Where does “Diné bizaad yee naazbaaʼígíí” come from?
Diné bizaad yee naazbaaʼígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo Diné bizaad, from Navajo diné, from Navajo di-, from Navajo -CHIIʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan čig — to be red ochre.
Diné bizaad yee naazbaaʼígíí (Navajo): Navajo codetalker
Definitions
- Navajo codetalker
Ancestry of “Diné bizaad yee naazbaaʼígíí”, step by step
Diné bizaad yee naazbaaʼígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo Diné bizaad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | Diné bizaad | The Navajo language |
| 2 | Navajo | diné | person; man; the people |
| 3 | Navajo | di- | fire, near or into it; Young and Morgan identify... |
| 4 | Navajo | -CHIIʼ | red; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;... |
| 5 | Proto-Athabaskan | čig | to be red ochre |
via Navajo yę́ę
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | yę́ę | aforementioned, the one already referred to, that... |