Where does “tsé” come from?

tsé (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

tsé (Navajo): rock, stone, boulder

Definitions

  1. rock, stone, boulder

Ancestry of “tsé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
2Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj

Words derived from “tsé

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *cajEvery word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ