Where does “Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah” come from?
Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah (Navajo) comes from Navajo bikéyah, from Navajo kéyah, from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.
Ancestry of “Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah”, step by step
Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo bikéyah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | bikéyah | his land, his homeland, his country, his nation |
| 2 | Navajo | kéyah | land, country, terrain; planet |
| 3 | Navajo | ké | foot, feet; shoe |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-qeʔ | foot |
via Navajo Bitsįʼ yishtłizhii
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | Bitsįʼ yishtłizhii | Native American(s), American Indian(s), indigenous people(s), aboriginal people(s), native people(s) |
| 2 | Navajo | atsįʼ | meat, flesh |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | tsənʸ | flesh, meat |