Where does “tóidoozohii” come from?

tóidoozohii (Navajo) comes from Navajo yi-, from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

tóidoozohii (Navajo): coot

Definitions

  1. coot

Ancestry of “tóidoozohii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyi-night, dawn
2Navajoní-forms the comparative form of neuter imperfective verbs
3Navajoł-the
4Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs

Words derived from “tóidoozohii”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Navajo ní- →Every word from Navajo yi- →