Where does “mágí bigaanézí” come from?

mágí bigaanézí (Navajo) comes from Navajo bigaan, from Ilocano biga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian biʀaq — Alocasia spp., wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro.

mágí bigaanézí (Navajo): gibbon

Definitions

  1. gibbon

Ancestry of “mágí bigaanézí”, step by step

mágí bigaanézí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo bigaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobigaanhis/her/its/their arm; his/her/its/their limb;...
2Ilocanobigagiant taro
3Proto-Malayo-PolynesianbiʀaqAlocasia spp., wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro
4Proto-AustronesianbiʀaqAlocasia spp., wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro

via Navajo mágí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajomágímonkey
2EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
3GermanMoneke—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian biʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian biʀaq →Every word from Ilocano biga →
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