Where does “chííl” come from?

chííl (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ — (crusted) snow.

chííl (Navajo): snowstorm

Definitions

  1. snowstorm

Ancestry of “chííl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*čiˑtɬʼ(crusted) snow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ