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Where does “dághaałóóʼ” come from?

dághaałóóʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo łóóʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬuˑqʼeˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ.

dághaałóóʼ (Navajo): catfish

Definitions

  1. catfish

Ancestry of “dághaałóóʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołóóʼfish
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɬuˑqʼeˑ—
3Proto-Athabaskan*ɬu̓χ—
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