Where does “béésh baa ańdajisihígíí” come from?

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

béésh baa ańdajisihígíí (Navajo): target for spear or knife throwing

Definitions

  1. target for spear or knife throwing

Ancestry of “béésh baa ańdajisihígíí”, step by step

béésh baa ańdajisihígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo béésh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobééshflint; iron; metal
2Navajobiiʼin it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
3Navajokǫʼfire
4Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Navajo baa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobaaabout him/her/it/them; to him/her/it/them; into...
2Proto-Athabaskan*-aˑfor
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →Every word from Navajo biiʼ →