Where does “tsésǫʼ” come from?

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

tsésǫʼ (Navajo): mica; glass, window, pane

Definitions

  1. mica; glass, window, pane

Ancestry of “tsésǫʼ”, step by step

tsésǫʼ 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 sǫʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajosǫʼstar

Words derived from “tsésǫʼ”

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