Where does “baa deetʼáanii” come from?

baa deetʼáanii (Navajo) comes from Navajo baa, from Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑ — for.

baa deetʼáanii (Navajo): dedication

Definitions

  1. dedication

Ancestry of “baa deetʼáanii”, step by step

baa deetʼáanii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo baa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobaaabout him/her/it/them; to him/her/it/them; into...
2Proto-Athabaskan*-aˑfor

via Navajo deetʼą́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodeetʼą́it was given
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑ →Every word from Navajo baa →