Where does “táłkááʼ dah yikał” come from?

táłkááʼ dah yikał (Navajo) comes from Navajo táłkááʼ, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

táłkááʼ dah yikał (Navajo): watercress

Definitions

  1. watercress

Ancestry of “táłkááʼ dah yikał”, step by step

táłkááʼ dah yikał traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo táłkááʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotáłkááʼon the surface of the water
2Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
3Proto-Athabaskanɬ—

via Navajo dah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodahup, off, at an elevation, set off
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo -ł- →Every word from Navajo táłkááʼ →