Where does “béésh ditʼódí” come from?

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

béésh ditʼódí (Navajo): cast iron

Definitions

  1. cast iron

Ancestry of “béésh ditʼódí”, step by step

béésh ditʼódí 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 ditʼódí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoditʼódísoft
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →Every word from Navajo biiʼ →