Where does “chézhin” come from?
chézhin (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsé, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.
chézhin (Navajo): lava
Ancestry of “chézhin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | tsé | rock, stone, boulder |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *tseˑ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *caj | — |