Where does “béésh tózháanii” come from?
béésh tózháanii (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
béésh tózháanii (Navajo): mercury
Ancestry of “béésh tózháanii”, step by step
béésh tózháanii 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 tózháán
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | tózháán | it is thin (having a thin consistency, as a batter), watery, mushy |
| 2 | Navajo | tó | water, liquid, fluid |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | tuˑ | water; juice of a fruit |