Where does “mágí diʼilí” come from?

mágí diʼilí (Navajo) comes from Navajo mágí, from English monkey, from German Moneke.

mágí diʼilí (Navajo): orangutan

Definitions

  1. orangutan

Ancestry of “mágí diʼilí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajomágímonkey
2EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
3GermanMoneke—
Every word from German Moneke →Every word from English monkey →Every word from Navajo mágí →