Where does “yágo dootłʼizh” come from?

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

yágo dootłʼizh (Navajo): blue, sky blue

Definitions

  1. blue, sky blue

Ancestry of “yágo dootłʼizh”, step by step

yágo dootłʼizh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo yá

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

via Navajo dootłʼizh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodootłʼizhhe/she/it is turquoise, green, blue; dime
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Navajo yá →