Where does “shash łigaii” come from?

shash łigaii (Navajo) comes from Navajo łigai, from Navajo Kin Łigaaí.

shash łigaii (Navajo): polar bear

Definitions

  1. polar bear

Ancestry of “shash łigaii”, step by step

shash łigaii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łigai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołigaiit is white
2NavajoKin Łigaaí—

via Navajo shash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoshashbear
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̯əšʷblack bear
Every word from Navajo Kin Łigaaí →Every word from Navajo łigai →