Where does “Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo” come from?

Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo (Navajo) comes from English Carolina, from English -ina, from Spanish -ina, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

Ancestry of “Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo”, step by step

Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Carolina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCarolinaA placename
2English-inaUsed to form feminine nouns
3Spanish-ina-ine; -in; A diminutive suffix for feminine nouns...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Navajo náhookǫs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonáhookǫsto turn over and over, turn around and around,...

via Navajo hahoodzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohahoodzoit is marked out; a U.S. state
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂