Where does “kéyah” come from?

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

kéyah (Navajo): land, country, terrain; planet

Definitions

  1. land, country, terrain; planet

Ancestry of “kéyah”, step by step

kéyah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo ké

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

via Navajo biyaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobiyaaunder it/him/her, beneath it/him/her

Words derived from “kéyah”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →