Where does “ní-” come from?

ní- (Navajo) comes from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

ní- (Navajo): forms the comparative form of neuter imperfective verbs

Definitions

  1. forms the comparative form of neuter imperfective verbs

Ancestry of “ní-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoł-the
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs

Words derived from “ní-”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Navajo ł- →