Where does “mágí binááʼtsohígíí” come from?

mágí binááʼtsohígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo binááʼ, from Navajo anááʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ — eye.

mágí binááʼtsohígíí (Navajo): tarsier

Definitions

  1. tarsier

Ancestry of “mágí binááʼtsohígíí”, step by step

mágí binááʼtsohígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo binááʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobinááʼhis eye; its seed; acorn
2Navajoanááʼeye; seed; war
3Proto-Athabaskannαx̣eye

via Navajo mágí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajomágímonkey
2EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
3GermanMoneke—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ →Every word from Navajo anááʼ →Every word from Navajo binááʼ →