Where does “chʼał dichʼízhí” come from?

chʼał dichʼízhí (Navajo) comes from Navajo dichʼíízh, from Navajo -CHʼIIZH, from Proto-Athabaskan čʼʷičʼʷ — to be rough, chapped.

chʼał dichʼízhí (Navajo): toad

Definitions

  1. toad

Ancestry of “chʼał dichʼízhí”, step by step

chʼał dichʼízhí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dichʼíízh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodichʼíízhit is rough, it has a rough surface
2Navajo-CHʼIIZHto abrade, to saw, to file, to scrub; {|...
3Proto-Athabaskančʼʷičʼʷto be rough, chapped

via Navajo chʼał

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochʼałfrog
2Proto-Athabaskan*tšʼəx̣tɬʼfrog
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan čʼʷičʼʷ →Every word from Navajo -CHʼIIZH →Every word from Navajo dichʼíízh →