Where does “dibé bighaaʼ” come from?

dibé bighaaʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo dibé, from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ — sheep.

dibé bighaaʼ (Navajo): sheep's wool

Definitions

  1. sheep's wool

Ancestry of “dibé bighaaʼ”, step by step

dibé bighaaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dibé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodibésheep
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəweˑsheep

via Navajo aghaaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoaghaaʼwool, fleece; fur; pubic hair
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ →Every word from Navajo dibé →