Where does “tsin bee naʼadáhí” come from?

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

tsin bee naʼadáhí (Navajo): crutches

Definitions

  1. crutches

Ancestry of “tsin bee naʼadáhí”, step by step

tsin bee naʼadáhí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsin

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

via Navajo bee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobeewith, by means of, by means of it
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸən →Every word from Navajo tsin →