Where does “shádiʼááhjí” come from?

shádiʼááhjí (Navajo) comes from Navajo shádiʼááh, from Navajo shá, from Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ — sun.

shádiʼááhjí (Navajo): on the south

Definitions

  1. on the south

Ancestry of “shádiʼááhjí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoshádiʼááha solid roundish object starts to be carried;...
2Navajosháfor me
3Proto-Athabaskan*šʷaˑsun

Words derived from “shádiʼááhjí”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ →Every word from Navajo shá →Every word from Navajo shádiʼááh →