Where does “tséyiʼ” come from?
tséyiʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsé, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.
tséyiʼ (Navajo): canyon
Ancestry of “tséyiʼ”, step by step
tséyiʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo tsé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | tsé | rock, stone, boulder |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *tseˑ | stone |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | *caj | — |
via Navajo biyiʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | biyiʼ | in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,... |
| 2 | Navajo | iiʼ | within, inside of |
Words derived from “tséyiʼ”