Where does “Tséyiʼ” come from?
Tséyiʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo tséyiʼ, from Navajo tsé, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.
Ancestry of “Tséyiʼ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Navajo | tséyiʼ | canyon |
| 2 | Navajo | tsé | rock, stone, boulder |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *tseˑ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *caj | — |