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Where does “tsįdláád” come from?

tsįdláád (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsin, from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸən.

tsįdláád (Navajo): beard moss

Definitions

  1. beard moss

Ancestry of “tsįdláád”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsinwood, timber; tree
2Proto-Athabaskan*kʸən—
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