Where does “tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh łibáhígíí” come from?

tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh łibáhígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łibá, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh łibáhígíí (Navajo): greylag goose

Definitions

  1. greylag goose

Ancestry of “tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh łibáhígíí”, step by step

tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh łibáhígíí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łibá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołibáit is gray
2Navajołi-An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color
3Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
4Proto-Athabaskanɬ—

via Navajo naalʼeełí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaalʼeełíduck; goose
2Navajonaalʼeełit droops about
3Navajo-í<br>Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It...

via Navajo tó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotówater, liquid, fluid
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo łi- →Every word from Navajo -ł- →