Where does “dziʼizí bijáád táʼígíí” come from?

dziʼizí bijáád táʼígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo bijáád, from Navajo ajáád, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯʷaˑdəʔ — shin, lower leg.

dziʼizí bijáád táʼígíí (Navajo): tricycle

Definitions

  1. tricycle

Ancestry of “dziʼizí bijáád táʼígíí”, step by step

dziʼizí bijáád táʼígíí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo bijáád

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobijáádhis/her/its/their leg; its wheels
2Navajoajáádleg; wheel
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ǯʷaˑdəʔshin, lower leg

via Navajo taaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotaaʼinside the water, underwater
2Navajotówater, liquid, fluid
3Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Navajo dziʼizí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodziʼizíbicycle, bike
2Navajo-í<br>Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It...
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