Where does “saad bee álʼíní” come from?

saad bee álʼíní (Navajo) comes from Navajo saad, from Proto-Athabaskan *-za̓ˑd — mouth.

saad bee álʼíní (Navajo): letter, alphabet

Definitions

  1. letter, alphabet

Ancestry of “saad bee álʼíní”, step by step

saad bee álʼíní traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo saad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajosaadword; language; speech
2Proto-Athabaskan*-za̓ˑdmouth

via Navajo bee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobeewith, by means of, by means of it

via Navajo álʼį́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoálʼį́it is made
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-za̓ˑd →Every word from Navajo saad →