Where does “tsé dizéígíí” come from?

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

tsé dizéígíí (Navajo): sandstone

Definitions

  1. sandstone

Ancestry of “tsé dizéígíí”, step by step

tsé dizéígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsérock, stone, boulder
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Navajo dizéí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodizéíto be crumbly
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →