Where does “dziłlátah” come from?

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

dziłlátah (Navajo): mountain peak

Definitions

  1. mountain peak

Ancestry of “dziłlátah”, step by step

dziłlátah 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 álátah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoálátahtip, end, peak, extremity
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →