Where does “gałbáhí” come from?

gałbáhí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łibá, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

gałbáhí (Navajo): cottontail

Definitions

  1. cottontail

Ancestry of “gałbáhí”, step by step

gałbáhí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łibá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołibáit is gray
2Navajołi-An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color
3Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
4Proto-Athabaskanɬ—

via Navajo gah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajogahrabbit
2Proto-Athabaskan*ɢɑx̣rabbit
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo łi- →Every word from Navajo -ł- →