Where does “dineʼé” come from?

dineʼé (Navajo) comes from Navajo Diné, from Navajo di-, from Navajo -CHIIʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan čig — to be red ochre.

dineʼé (Navajo): tribe, people, clan; nation; race

Definitions

  1. tribe, people, clan; nation; race

Ancestry of “dineʼé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NavajoDinéAlternative form of diné; Navajo
2Navajodi-fire, near or into it; Young and Morgan identify...
3Navajo-CHIIʼred; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...
4Proto-Athabaskančigto be red ochre

Words derived from “dineʼé”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan čig →Every word from Navajo di- →Every word from Navajo Diné →