Where does “daakǫʼ” come from?

daakǫʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

daakǫʼ (Navajo): many fires

Definitions

  1. many fires

Ancestry of “daakǫʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokǫʼfire
2Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →
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