Where does “béésh ahédiłí” come from?

béésh ahédiłí (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

béésh ahédiłí (Navajo): scissors

Definitions

  1. scissors

Ancestry of “béésh ahédiłí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobééshflint; iron; metal
2Navajobiiʼin it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
3Navajokǫʼfire
4Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →Every word from Navajo biiʼ →