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Where does “adeeʼ” come from?

adeeʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *-deʼ.

adeeʼ (Navajo): antler, horn, tusk, antenna; ladle, dipper,...

Definitions

  1. antler, horn, tusk, antenna; ladle, dipper,...

Ancestry of “adeeʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*-deʼ—

Words derived from “adeeʼ”

  • déélgééd
  • bééshʼadeeʼ
  • Deeteel bikéyah
  • deeteel
  • deenástsʼaaʼ
  • bideeʼ
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-deʼ →