Where does “tsésǫʼ bee nehelgéshí” come from?

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

tsésǫʼ bee nehelgéshí (Navajo): glass cutter

Definitions

  1. glass cutter

Ancestry of “tsésǫʼ bee nehelgéshí”, step by step

tsésǫʼ bee nehelgéshí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsésǫʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsésǫʼmica; glass, window, pane
2Navajotsérock, stone, boulder
3Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
4Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Navajo bee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobeewith, by means of, by means of it
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →