Where does “Dziłghą́ʼí” come from?

Dziłghą́ʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo dziłghą́ą́ʼ, from Navajo dził, from Navajo łigaii, from Navajo bikéyah, from Navajo kéyah, from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

Dziłghą́ʼí (Navajo): White Mountain Apache Tribe, a Western Apache tribe

Definitions

  1. White Mountain Apache Tribe, a Western Apache tribe

Ancestry of “Dziłghą́ʼí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodziłghą́ą́ʼmountaintop, summit
2Navajodziłmountain; mountain range
3Navajołigaiiwhite
4Navajobikéyahhis land, his homeland, his country, his nation
5Navajokéyahland, country, terrain; planet
6Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
7Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →