Where does “anádił” come from?

anádił (Navajo) comes from Navajo anááʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ — eye.

anádił (Navajo): blood from the eyes

Definitions

  1. blood from the eyes

Ancestry of “anádił”, step by step

anádił traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo anááʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoanááʼeye; seed; war
2Proto-Athabaskannαx̣eye

via Navajo dił

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodiłblood; blood sausage
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəɬblood
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ →Every word from Navajo anááʼ →