Where does “dziłeezh” come from?

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

dziłeezh (Navajo): mountain soil; herbs used in ceremonies found on...

Definitions

  1. mountain soil; herbs used in ceremonies found on...

Ancestry of “dziłeezh”, step by step

dziłeezh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dził

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodziłmountain; mountain range
2Navajołigaiiwhite
3Navajobikéyahhis land, his homeland, his country, his nation
4Navajokéyahland, country, terrain; planet
5Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
6Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

via Navajo łeezh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołeezhdirt, dust, soil, ashes
2Proto-Athabaskanłe̓dždirt; to plaster with mud
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →