Where does “shash naʼazísí” come from?

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

shash naʼazísí (Navajo): wombat

Definitions

  1. wombat

Ancestry of “shash naʼazísí”, step by step

shash naʼazísí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo shash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoshashbear
2Proto-Athabaskan*x̯əšʷblack bear

via Navajo naʼazísí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaʼazísígopher
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷEvery word from Navajo shash
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