Where does “dóola naalgeedígíí” come from?

dóola naalgeedígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo dóola, from Spanish toro, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

dóola naalgeedígíí (Navajo): bull riding (at a rodeo)

Definitions

  1. bull riding (at a rodeo)

Ancestry of “dóola naalgeedígíí”, step by step

dóola naalgeedígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dóola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodóolabull
2Spanishtorobull; torus; forklift
3LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
4Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
5Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

via Navajo naalgeed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaalgeedit is bucking around, is going around bucking (as a horse)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →