Where does “Tsé Naagháii” come from?

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

Tsé Naagháii (Navajo): the Traveling Rock Monster, a figure in Navajo mythology

Definitions

  1. the Traveling Rock Monster, a figure in Navajo mythology

Ancestry of “Tsé Naagháii”, step by step

Tsé Naagháii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsérock, stone, boulder
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Navajo naaghá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaagháhe/she is going around, walking about; he/she...
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →