Where does “kʼish” come from?

kʼish (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəx̣šʷ — alder.

kʼish (Navajo): grey alder

Definitions

  1. grey alder

Ancestry of “kʼish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*qʼəx̣šʷalder

Words derived from “kʼish

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəx̣šʷ