Where does “tsétłʼááh” come from?

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

tsétłʼááh (Navajo): rock overhang

Definitions

  1. rock overhang

Ancestry of “tsétłʼááh”, step by step

tsétłʼááh 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 atłʼááh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoatłʼááhbottom, underside, underneath
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →