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Where does “yágo dootłʼizh” come from?

yágo dootłʼizh (Navajo) comes from Navajo yá, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ.

yágo dootłʼizh (Navajo): blue, sky blue

Definitions

  1. blue, sky blue

Ancestry of “yágo dootłʼizh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyáfor him/her/it/them; sky
2Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑ—
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