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Where does “ní-” come from?

ní- (Navajo) comes from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ.

Ancestry of “ní-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoł-—
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →