Where does “yádiłhił” come from?

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

yádiłhił (Navajo): heavens, universe; outer space

Definitions

  1. heavens, universe; outer space

Ancestry of “yádiłhił”, step by step

yádiłhił traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo

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

via Navajo diłhił

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodiłhiłhe/she/it is dark, jet black; it is blood red; it...

Words derived from “yádiłhił

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