Where does “táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii” come from?
táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii (Navajo) comes from Navajo chʼoshtsoh, from Navajo -tsoh, from Proto-Athabaskan k̯aʔx̣ʷ.
táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii (Navajo): sea cucumber
Definitions
- sea cucumber
Ancestry of “táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii”, step by step
táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo chʼoshtsoh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | chʼoshtsoh | cockroach |
| 2 | Navajo | -tsoh | big, large, great |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | k̯aʔx̣ʷ | — |
via Navajo táłtłʼááh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | táłtłʼááh | the bottom of the water |
| 2 | Navajo | -ł- | The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a... |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | ɬ | — |
via Navajo chʼééh digháhii
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | chʼééh digháhii | turtle, tortoise |
| 2 | Navajo | -ii | "nominalizer" |