Where does “kǫʼ yiniłtsésí” come from?

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

kǫʼ yiniłtsésí (Navajo): fire engine

Definitions

  1. fire engine

Ancestry of “kǫʼ yiniłtsésí”, step by step

kǫʼ yiniłtsésí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo kǫʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokǫʼfire
2Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Navajo yiniłtséés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyiniłtsééshe/she extinguishes it (a fire)
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →