Where does “dichʼíízh” come from?

dichʼíízh (Navajo) comes from Navajo -CHʼIIZH, from Proto-Athabaskan čʼʷičʼʷ — to be rough, chapped.

dichʼíízh (Navajo): it is rough, it has a rough surface

Definitions

  1. it is rough, it has a rough surface

Ancestry of “dichʼíízh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-CHʼIIZHto abrade, to saw, to file, to scrub; {|...
2Proto-Athabaskančʼʷičʼʷto be rough, chapped

Words derived from “dichʼíízh

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan čʼʷičʼʷEvery word from Navajo -CHʼIIZH