Where does “halzhin” come from?

halzhin (Navajo) comes from Navajo -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *žəŋʸ — to be black, blackish, dark in color.

halzhin (Navajo): an area is black

Definitions

  1. an area is black

Ancestry of “halzhin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-ZHĮ́Į́ʼblack; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...
2Proto-Athabaskan*žəŋʸto be black, blackish, dark in color

Words derived from “halzhin”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *žəŋʸ →Every word from Navajo -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ →