Where does “Dinékʼehjí” come from?

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

Dinékʼehjí (Navajo): In the Navajo language

Definitions

  1. In the Navajo language

Ancestry of “Dinékʼehjí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NavajoDinéAlternative form of diné; Navajo
2Navajodi-fire, near or into it; Young and Morgan identify...
3Navajo-CHIIʼred; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...
4Proto-Athabaskančigto be red ochre
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan čigEvery word from Navajo di-Every word from Navajo Diné