Where does “chʼosh bikǫʼí” come from?

chʼosh bikǫʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

chʼosh bikǫʼí (Navajo): firefly

Definitions

  1. firefly

Ancestry of “chʼosh bikǫʼí”, step by step

chʼosh bikǫʼí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo kǫʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokǫʼfire
2Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Navajo chʼosh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochʼoshinsect, bug, maggot, worm
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