Where does “béésh ntłʼizígíí” come from?
béésh ntłʼizígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
béésh ntłʼizígíí (Navajo): steel
Ancestry of “béésh ntłʼizígíí”, step by step
béésh ntłʼizígíí traces back through two 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 ntłʼiz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | ntłʼiz | it is hard, brittle, stiff; hard goods, jewelry,... |
| 2 | Navajo | nitłʼiz | it is hard, brittle, stiff; it is hard,... |