Where does “naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí” come from?

naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí (Navajo) comes from Navajo naʼashjéʼii, from Navajo -ii — "nominalizer".

naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí (Navajo): daddy longlegs, harvestman (Opiliones)

Definitions

  1. daddy longlegs, harvestman (Opiliones)

Ancestry of “naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí”, step by step

naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo naʼashjéʼii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaʼashjéʼiispider
2Navajo-ii"nominalizer"

via Navajo [[bijáád

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo[[bijáád—

via Navajo jáád]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajojáád]]—
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