Where does “dííghaaí” come from?

dííghaaí (Navajo) comes from Navajo hai, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy — winter.

dííghaaí (Navajo): this winter

Definitions

  1. this winter

Ancestry of “dííghaaí”, step by step

dííghaaí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo hai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohaiwinter
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̣αywinter

via Navajo díí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodííthis; these
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αyEvery word from Navajo hai
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