Where does “naaltsoos biiʼ yistłʼiní” come from?
naaltsoos biiʼ yistłʼiní (Navajo) comes from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
naaltsoos biiʼ yistłʼiní (Navajo): bookcase
Definitions
- bookcase
Ancestry of “naaltsoos biiʼ yistłʼiní”, step by step
naaltsoos biiʼ yistłʼiní traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo biiʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | biiʼ | in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,... |
| 2 | Navajo | kǫʼ | fire |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *qʊ̓nʼ | fire |
via Navajo naaltsoos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | naaltsoos | " Simple passive form of " neiłtsoos; papers,... |
| 2 | Navajo | haneʼ binaaltsoos | newspaper |