Where does “ké ndootsʼosii bikétal nineezí” come from?

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

ké ndootsʼosii bikétal nineezí (Navajo): cowboy boot-shoe, western shoe-boot

Definitions

  1. cowboy boot-shoe, western shoe-boot

Ancestry of “ké ndootsʼosii bikétal nineezí”, step by step

ké ndootsʼosii bikétal nineezí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo ké

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

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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