Where does “tsé náázhoozhí” come from?

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

tsé náázhoozhí (Navajo): rockslide

Definitions

  1. rockslide

Ancestry of “tsé náázhoozhí”, step by step

tsé náázhoozhí 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 náázhoozh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonáázhoozh—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →