Where does “hakʼéí” come from?

hakʼéí (Navajo) comes from Navajo ha-, from Navajo ho-, from Navajo hw-.

hakʼéí (Navajo): one’s kin, kinsman, kinfolk, relatives

Definitions

  1. one’s kin, kinsman, kinfolk, relatives

Ancestry of “hakʼéí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoha-up and out, extraction; examine, inspect;...
2Navajoho-indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun...
3Navajohw-—
Every word from Navajo hw- →Every word from Navajo ho- →Every word from Navajo ha- →