Where does “chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí” come from?

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh, from Navajo -tsoh, from Proto-Athabaskan k̯aʔx̣ʷ.

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí (Navajo): tank (military vehicle)

Definitions

  1. tank (military vehicle)

Ancestry of “chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí”, step by step

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobeeʼeldǫǫhtsohcannon
2Navajo-tsohbig, large, great
3Proto-Athabaskank̯aʔx̣ʷ—

via Navajo chidí naaʼnaʼí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochidí naaʼnaʼítractor
2Navajo-í<br>Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It...

via Navajo bikááʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobikááʼon it, on its surface
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan k̯aʔx̣ʷ →Every word from Navajo -tsoh →Every word from Navajo beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh →