Where does “nalí asdzaan” come from?

nalí asdzaan (Navajo) comes from Estonian nali, from Proto-Finnic nalja, from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja.

nalí asdzaan (Navajo): paternal grandmother

Definitions

  1. paternal grandmother

Ancestry of “nalí asdzaan”, step by step

nalí asdzaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian nali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannalijoke
2Proto-Finnicnaljajoke
3Proto-Finno-Permicnalja—

via Navajo asdzáán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoasdzáánelder woman, elderly woman
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja →Every word from Proto-Finnic nalja →Every word from Estonian nali →