Where does “azeeʼííłʼíní” come from?
azeeʼííłʼíní (Navajo) comes from Navajo azeeʼ, from Navajo azééʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-za̓ˑd.
azeeʼííłʼíní (Navajo): doctor, physician
Ancestry of “azeeʼííłʼíní”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | azeeʼ | medicine, drug, pharmaceutical |
| 2 | Navajo | azééʼ | mouth; throat, neck; death |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-za̓ˑd | — |