Where does “chʼiyáán ííłʼíní” come from?

chʼiyáán ííłʼíní (Navajo) comes from Navajo chʼiyáán, from Navajo -YĄ́Ą́ʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan hanʸ — to eat.

chʼiyáán ííłʼíní (Navajo): cook, chef

Definitions

  1. cook, chef

Ancestry of “chʼiyáán ííłʼíní”, step by step

chʼiyáán ííłʼíní traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo chʼiyáán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochʼiyáánfood, groceries, provisions (of food)
2Navajo-YĄ́Ą́ʼto eat; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...
3Proto-Athabaskanhanʸto eat

via Navajo ííłʼį́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoííłʼį́he/she makes it, is a maker of it
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan hanʸ →Every word from Navajo -YĄ́Ą́ʼ →Every word from Navajo chʼiyáán →