Where does “yiyiʼ” come from?
yiyiʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo yi-, from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ.
yiyiʼ (Navajo): in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
Definitions
- in it/him/her/them, within it/him/her/them,...
Ancestry of “yiyiʼ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | yi- | night, dawn |
| 2 | Navajo | ní- | — |
| 3 | Navajo | ł- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-ɬ | — |