Where does “jaaʼabaní” come from?

jaaʼabaní (Navajo) comes from Navajo ajaaʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ — ear.

jaaʼabaní (Navajo): bat

Definitions

  1. bat

Ancestry of “jaaʼabaní”, step by step

jaaʼabaní traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo ajaaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoajaaʼear
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ǯəɣəʼear

via Navajo abaní

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoabaníbuckskin
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ →Every word from Navajo ajaaʼ →