Where does “yaské” come from?

yaské (Navajo) comes from Navajo ké, from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

yaské (Navajo): snowshoe

Definitions

  1. snowshoe

Ancestry of “yaské”, step by step

yaské traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo ké

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajokéfoot, feet; shoe
2Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot

via Navajo yas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyassnow
2Proto-Athabaskanyəx̣ssnow
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Navajo ké →