Where does “béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii” come from?

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

béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (Navajo): titanium

Definitions

  1. titanium

Ancestry of “béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii”, step by step

béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii 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 doo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NavajodooPart of the negative correlative; With a...
2Navajodooleełit will be; he/she/it will be, will become
3Navajonilį́he/she is
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →Every word from Navajo biiʼ →
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