Where does “béégashii bikʼos náágisgo neheʼníłígíí” come from?

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

béégashii bikʼos náágisgo neheʼníłígíí (Navajo): steer wrestling (at a rodeo)

Definitions

  1. steer wrestling (at a rodeo)

Ancestry of “béégashii bikʼos náágisgo neheʼníłígíí”, step by step

béégashii bikʼos náágisgo neheʼníłígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo béégashii

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

via Navajo bikʼos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobikʼoshis/her/its/their neck
2Navajoakʼosneck
3Proto-Athabaskan*-qʼʊsneck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vacas →