Where does “daakʼos” come from?

daakʼos (Navajo) comes from Navajo kʼos, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼʊs — cloud.

daakʼos (Navajo): multitude of clouds, lots of clouds

Definitions

  1. multitude of clouds, lots of clouds

Ancestry of “daakʼos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokʼoscloud, clouds, cloudy
2Proto-Athabaskan*qʼʊscloud
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼʊs →Every word from Navajo kʼos →