Where does “Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah” come from?

Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah (Navajo) comes from Navajo bikéyah, from Navajo kéyah, from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

Ancestry of “Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah”, step by step

Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo bikéyah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobikéyahhis land, his homeland, his country, his nation
2Navajokéyahland, country, terrain; planet
3Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
4Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

via Navajo Wánda dineʼé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NavajoWánda dineʼéRwandan people
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →