Where does “tódiłhił” come from?

tódiłhił (Navajo) comes from Navajo tó, from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ — water; juice of a fruit.

tódiłhił (Navajo): whiskey, liquor

Definitions

  1. whiskey, liquor

Ancestry of “tódiłhił”, step by step

tódiłhił traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotówater, liquid, fluid
2Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Navajo diłhił

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodiłhiłhe/she/it is dark, jet black; it is blood red; it...
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