Where does “azeeʼ nímazígíí” come from?

azeeʼ nímazígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo azeeʼ, from Navajo azééʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-za̓ˑd — mouth.

azeeʼ nímazígíí (Navajo): pill, tablet of medicine

Definitions

  1. pill, tablet of medicine

Ancestry of “azeeʼ nímazígíí”, step by step

azeeʼ nímazígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo azeeʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoazeeʼmedicine, drug, pharmaceutical
2Navajoazééʼmouth; throat, neck; death
3Proto-Athabaskan*-za̓ˑdmouth

via Navajo nímaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonímazit is round, spherical
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-za̓ˑd →Every word from Navajo azééʼ →Every word from Navajo azeeʼ →