Where does “awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí” come from?

awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí (Navajo) comes from Navajo awooʼ bee yichʼiishí, from Navajo awooʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣuɁ — tooth.

awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí (Navajo): toothpaste

Definitions

  1. toothpaste

Ancestry of “awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí”, step by step

awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo awooʼ bee yichʼiishí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoawooʼ bee yichʼiishítoothbrush
2Navajoawooʼteeth, tooth
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɣuɁtooth

via Navajo bikʼi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobikʼiupon it, on it
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣuɁ →Every word from Navajo awooʼ →Every word from Navajo awooʼ bee yichʼiishí →