Where does “tsihał” come from?

tsihał (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsin, from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸən — stick.

tsihał (Navajo): wooden club (weapon)

Definitions

  1. wooden club (weapon)

Ancestry of “tsihał”, step by step

tsihał traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsin

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

via Navajo hał

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohałclub weapon used by
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸən →Every word from Navajo tsin →