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Where does “sǫʼtsoh” come from?

sǫʼtsoh (Navajo) comes from Navajo -tsoh, from Proto-Athabaskan k̯aʔx̣ʷ.

sǫʼtsoh (Navajo): morning star, evening star; Sirius

Definitions

  1. morning star, evening star; Sirius

Ancestry of “sǫʼtsoh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-tsohbig, large, great
2Proto-Athabaskank̯aʔx̣ʷ—
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