Where does “wóó-” come from?

wóó- (Navajo) comes from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

wóó- (Navajo): Marks a second person singular subject of an optative mode verb

Definitions

  1. Marks a second person singular subject of an optative mode verb

Ancestry of “wóó-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoní-forms the comparative form of neuter imperfective verbs
2Navajoł-the
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Navajo ní- →Every word from Navajo ł- →