Where does “dził” come from?

dził (Navajo) comes from Navajo łigaii, from Navajo bikéyah, from Navajo kéyah, from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

dził (Navajo): mountain; mountain range

Definitions

  1. mountain; mountain range

Ancestry of “dził”, step by step

dził traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łigaii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołigaiiwhite
2Navajobikéyahhis land, his homeland, his country, his nation
3Navajokéyahland, country, terrain; planet
4Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
5Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

via Proto-Athabaskan *ʒəɬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*ʒəɬmountain

Words derived from “dził”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →