Where does “dlǫ́ʼiiłtsooí” come from?

dlǫ́ʼiiłtsooí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łitso, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

dlǫ́ʼiiłtsooí (Navajo): Japanese marten

Definitions

  1. Japanese marten

Ancestry of “dlǫ́ʼiiłtsooí”, step by step

dlǫ́ʼiiłtsooí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łitso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołitsoit is yellow; nickel
2Navajołi-An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color
3Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
4Proto-Athabaskanɬ—

via Navajo dlǫ́ʼii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodlǫ́ʼiiweasel; ferret
2Navajo-ii"nominalizer"
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo łi- →Every word from Navajo -ł- →