Where does “yá'ałníí'” come from?

yá'ałníí' (Navajo) comes from Navajo yá, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

yá'ałníí' (Navajo): the zenith; the center of the heavens

Definitions

  1. the zenith; the center of the heavens

Ancestry of “yá'ałníí'”, step by step

yá'ałníí' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajofor him/her/it/them; sky
2Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky

via Navajo ałnííʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoałnííʼcenter, middle, midway, half
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