Where does “Tsé Nástánii” come from?

Tsé Nástánii (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsé nástáán, from Navajo tsé, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

Tsé Nástánii (Navajo): Petrified Forest, Arizona

Definitions

  1. Petrified Forest, Arizona

Ancestry of “Tsé Nástánii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsé nástáánpetrified wood
2Navajotsérock, stone, boulder
3Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
4Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →