Where does “anéʼédił” come from?

anéʼédił (Navajo) comes from Navajo dił, from Proto-Athabaskan *dəɬ — blood.

anéʼédił (Navajo): blood from the nose, nostrils

Definitions

  1. blood from the nose, nostrils

Ancestry of “anéʼédił”, step by step

anéʼédił traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dił

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodiłblood; blood sausage
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəɬblood

via Navajo ánííʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoánííʼnostrils, nares
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəɬ →Every word from Navajo dił →