Where does “Níłchʼijí” come from?

Níłchʼijí (Navajo) comes from Navajo níłchʼi, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

Níłchʼijí (Navajo): the Wind Way a Navajo ceremony

Definitions

  1. the Wind Way a Navajo ceremony

Ancestry of “Níłchʼijí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoníłchʼiair, breeze, wind; gas; spirit, benevolent...
2Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
3Proto-Athabaskanɬ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo -ł- →Every word from Navajo níłchʼi →