Where does “nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí” come from?

nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo nákʼee sinilí, from Navajo nákʼee, from Navajo anááʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan nαx̣ — eye.

nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí (Navajo): sunglasses

Definitions

  1. sunglasses

Ancestry of “nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí”, step by step

nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo nákʼee sinilí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonákʼee sinilíeyeglasses
2Navajonákʼeearound the eye
3Navajoanááʼeye; seed; war
4Proto-Athabaskannαx̣eye

via Navajo diłhił

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodiłhiłhe/she/it is dark, jet black; it is blood red; it...
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