Where does “biiʼ sitłéʼé” come from?

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

biiʼ sitłéʼé (Navajo): pie

Definitions

  1. pie

Ancestry of “biiʼ sitłéʼé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobiiʼin it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
2Navajokǫʼfire
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →Every word from Navajo biiʼ →