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Where does “niʼ” come from?

niʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *ŋənʔ.

niʼ (Navajo): ground, earth, world; floor; one of the four...

Definitions

  1. ground, earth, world; floor; one of the four...

Ancestry of “niʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*ŋənʔ—
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