Where does “tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí” come from?
tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo béésh, from Navajo biiʼ, from Navajo kǫʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí (Navajo): corundum
Definitions
- corundum
Ancestry of “tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí”, step by step
tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo béésh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | béésh | flint; iron; metal |
| 2 | Navajo | biiʼ | in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,... |
| 3 | Navajo | kǫʼ | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | *qʊ̓nʼ | fire |
via Navajo tsé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | tsé | rock, stone, boulder |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *tseˑ | stone |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *caj | — |
via Navajo bee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | bee | with, by means of, by means of it |