Where does “kʼaabéésh” come from?

kʼaabéésh (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

kʼaabéésh (Navajo): arrowhead

Definitions

  1. arrowhead

Ancestry of “kʼaabéésh”, step by step

kʼaabéésh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo béésh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobééshflint; iron; metal
2Navajobiiʼin it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
3Navajokǫʼfire
4Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Navajo kʼaaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokʼaaʼarrow
2Proto-Athabaskan-q'aʔ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Navajo kǫʼ →Every word from Navajo biiʼ →