Where does “béégashii bichaan” come from?

béégashii bichaan (Navajo) comes from Navajo béégashii, from Spanish vacas, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

béégashii bichaan (Navajo): cow pat

Definitions

  1. cow pat

Ancestry of “béégashii bichaan”, step by step

béégashii bichaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo béégashii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobéégashiicow; cattle
2Spanishvacasplural of vaca; cows
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

via Navajo chąąʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochąąʼfeces, dung, excrement, shit
2Proto-Athabaskan*ts̆ʷa̓ˑnʼexcrement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vacas →