Where does “agąątsʼin” come from?

agąątsʼin (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsʼin, from Proto-Athabaskan *cʼən — bone.

agąątsʼin (Navajo): arm bone

Definitions

  1. arm bone

Ancestry of “agąątsʼin”, step by step

agąątsʼin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsʼin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsʼinbone; skeleton
2Proto-Athabaskan*cʼənbone

via Navajo agaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoagaanarm, someone’s arm; foreleg, limb, branch, front...
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɢa̓ˑnəʼarm
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *cʼən →Every word from Navajo tsʼin →