Where does “kǫʼ bee niltsésí” come from?

kǫʼ bee niltsésí (Navajo) comes from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

kǫʼ bee niltsésí (Navajo): fire extinguisher, fireplug

Definitions

  1. fire extinguisher, fireplug

Ancestry of “kǫʼ bee niltsésí”, step by step

kǫʼ bee niltsésí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo kǫʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokǫʼfire
2Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Navajo bee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobeewith, by means of, by means of it
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →