Where does “tsídiiłtsooí” come from?

tsídiiłtsooí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łitso, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

tsídiiłtsooí (Navajo): yellow warbler

Definitions

  1. yellow warbler

Ancestry of “tsídiiłtsooí”, step by step

tsídiiłtsooí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo łitso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołitsoit is yellow; nickel
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- →