Where does “shash” come from?

shash (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ — black bear.

shash (Navajo): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “shash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*x̯əšʷblack bear

Words derived from “shash

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ
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