Where does “táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ” come from?

táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo táłtłʼááh, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ (Navajo): seahorse

Definitions

  1. seahorse

Ancestry of “táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ”, step by step

táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo táłtłʼááh

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

via Navajo łį́į́ʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołį́į́ʼpet; livestock; horse
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo -ł- →Every word from Navajo táłtłʼááh →