Where does “ké deigo nineezí” come from?

ké deigo nineezí (Navajo) comes from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

ké deigo nineezí (Navajo): boot (high-topped), engineer boot

Definitions

  1. boot (high-topped), engineer boot

Ancestry of “ké deigo nineezí”, step by step

ké deigo nineezí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo ké

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
2Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

via Navajo deigo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodeigoupward, up
2Navajodeiup, upward

via Navajo nineez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonineezit is long; he/she is tall
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →
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