Where does “dibéłchíʼí” come from?

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

dibéłchíʼí (Navajo): to be brown

Definitions

  1. to be brown

Ancestry of “dibéłchíʼí”, step by step

dibéłchíʼí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dibé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodibésheep
2Proto-Athabaskan*dəweˑsheep

via Navajo łichííʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołichííʼhe/she/it is red; the colour red; a penny
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *dəweˑ →Every word from Navajo dibé →