Where does “déélgééd” come from?

déélgééd (Navajo) comes from Navajo -l-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

déélgééd (Navajo): rhinoceros

Definitions

  1. rhinoceros

Ancestry of “déélgééd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-l-The -l- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
2Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
3Proto-Athabaskanɬ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo -ł- →Every word from Navajo -l- →