Where does “bigod” come from?

bigod (Navajo) comes from Navajo agod, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢʊ̓tʼ — knee.

bigod (Navajo): his/her/their knee

Definitions

  1. his/her/their knee

Ancestry of “bigod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoagodknee
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɢʊ̓tʼknee
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢʊ̓tʼ →Every word from Navajo agod →
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