Where does “béésh bee haneʼé” come from?
béésh bee haneʼé (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
béésh bee haneʼé (Navajo): telephone
Definitions
- telephone
Ancestry of “béésh bee haneʼé”, step by step
béésh bee haneʼé traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo béésh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | béésh | flint; iron; metal |
| 2 | Navajo | biiʼ | in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,... |
| 3 | Navajo | kǫʼ | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | *qʊ̓nʼ | fire |
via Navajo haneʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | haneʼ | story, news, tale |
| 2 | Navajo | haneʼ binaaltsoos | newspaper |
via Navajo bee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | bee | with, by means of, by means of it |