Where does “tsídiiłbáhí” come from?

tsídiiłbáhí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łibá, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

tsídiiłbáhí (Navajo): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “tsídiiłbáhí”, step by step

tsídiiłbáhí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łibá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołibáit is gray
2Navajołi-An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color
3Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
4Proto-Athabaskanɬ—

via Navajo tsídii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsídiibird
2Navajo-ii"nominalizer"
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ →Every word from Navajo łi- →Every word from Navajo -ł- →