Where does “didzéchííʼ” come from?

didzéchííʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo didzé, from Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə — berry.

didzéchííʼ (Navajo): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “didzéchííʼ”, step by step

didzéchííʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo didzé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodidzéberry
2Proto-Athabaskan*giʼgəberry

via Navajo łichííʼ

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