Where does “tániilʼáí” come from?

tániilʼáí (Navajo) comes from Navajo -ʼá, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

tániilʼáí (Navajo): dragonfly

Definitions

  1. dragonfly

Ancestry of “tániilʼáí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-ʼá—
2Navajoł-the
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Navajo ł- →Every word from Navajo -ʼá →