Where does “dziłtsį́į́gi” come from?
dziłtsį́į́gi (Navajo) comes from Navajo dziłtsíín, from Navajo dził, from Navajo łigaii, from Navajo bikéyah, from Navajo kéyah, from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ.
dziłtsį́į́gi (Navajo): at the foot of the mountain
Definitions
- at the foot of the mountain
Ancestry of “dziłtsį́į́gi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Navajo | dziłtsíín | foot of a mountain |
| 2 | Navajo | dził | mountain; mountain range |
| 3 | Navajo | łigaii | white |
| 4 | Navajo | bikéyah | his land, his homeland, his country, his nation |
| 5 | Navajo | kéyah | land, country, terrain; planet |
| 6 | Navajo | ké | foot, feet; shoe |
| 7 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-qeʔ | — |