Where does “tsʼiilzéí” come from?
tsʼiilzéí (Navajo) comes from Navajo séí, from Proto-Athabaskan *saˑxʸ.
tsʼiilzéí (Navajo): trash, garbage, rubbish
Ancestry of “tsʼiilzéí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | séí | sand |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *saˑxʸ | — |