Where does “déélgééd” come from?
déélgééd (Navajo) comes from Navajo -l-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.
déélgééd (Navajo): rhinoceros
Ancestry of “déélgééd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Navajo | -l- | The -l- classifier or valence-change prefix, a... |
| 2 | Navajo | -ł- | The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a... |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | ɬ | — |