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Where does “tsétah gah” come from?

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

tsétah gah (Navajo): pika

Definitions

  1. pika

Ancestry of “tsétah gah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsérock, stone, boulder
2Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑ—
3Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—
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