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Where does “Kéʼ łizhiní” come from?

Kéʼ łizhiní (Navajo) comes from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ.

Ancestry of “Kéʼ łizhiní”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
2Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →