Where does “amásání” come from?

amásání (Navajo) comes from Navajo amá, from Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn — mother.

amásání (Navajo): maternal grandmother, as well as any of her...

Definitions

  1. maternal grandmother, as well as any of her...

Ancestry of “amásání”, step by step

amásání traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo amá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoamámother; maternal aunt
2Proto-Athabaskan*-(h)aˑnmother

via Navajo sání

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajosáníaged; old one
2Navajo-í<br>Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It...
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