Where does “bikéyah” come from?

bikéyah (Navajo) comes from Navajo kéyah, from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

bikéyah (Navajo): his land, his homeland, his country, his nation

Definitions

  1. his land, his homeland, his country, his nation

Ancestry of “bikéyah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokéyahland, country, terrain; planet
2Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
3Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

Words derived from “bikéyah”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →