Where does “kéyah yádiłhił biiʼ hólónígíí” come from?

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

kéyah yádiłhił biiʼ hólónígíí (Navajo): planet

Definitions

  1. planet

Ancestry of “kéyah yádiłhił biiʼ hólónígíí”, step by step

kéyah yádiłhił biiʼ hólónígíí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo kéyah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokéyahland, country, terrain; planet
2Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
3Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

via Navajo biiʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobiiʼin it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
2Navajokǫʼfire
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Navajo yádiłhił

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyádiłhiłheavens, universe; outer space
2Navajoyáfor him/her/it/them; sky
3Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →Every word from Navajo kéyah →
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