Where does “nihił” come from?
nihił (Navajo) comes from Navajo nihí, from Proto-Athabaskan *nax̣(ə)-neˑ.
nihił (Navajo): with us
Ancestry of “nihił”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | nihí | "first-person duoplural pronoun" we;... |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *nax̣(ə)-neˑ | — |