Where does “tsé nástáán” come from?

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

tsé nástáán (Navajo): petrified wood

Definitions

  1. petrified wood

Ancestry of “tsé nástáán”, step by step

tsé nástáán 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 nástáán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonástáánlog, tree trunk

Words derived from “tsé nástáán”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →