Where does “shádiʼáahjigo” come from?

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

shádiʼáahjigo (Navajo): southward, in a southerly direction

Definitions

  1. southward, in a southerly direction

Ancestry of “shádiʼáahjigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoshádiʼááha solid roundish object starts to be carried;...
2Navajosháfor me
3Proto-Athabaskan*šʷaˑsun
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ →Every word from Navajo shá →Every word from Navajo shádiʼááh →