Where does “tsééh” come from?

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

tsééh (Navajo): into rock, into a canyon

Definitions

  1. into rock, into a canyon

Ancestry of “tsééh”, step by step

tsééh 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 bįįh

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