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Where does “jį́įgo” come from?

jį́įgo (Navajo) comes from Navajo jį́, from Proto-Athabaskan *džʷeˑn.

Ancestry of “jį́įgo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajojį́day
2Proto-Athabaskan*džʷeˑn—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *džʷeˑn →