Where does “tsé náálwołí” come from?

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

tsé náálwołí (Navajo): grindstone

Definitions

  1. grindstone

Ancestry of “tsé náálwołí”, step by step

tsé náálwołí 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 náálwoł

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonáálwołit is whirling around as a fan
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →