Where does “yoołkáłí” come from?
yoołkáłí (Navajo) comes from Navajo yoołkááł, from Navajo yi-, from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ.
yoołkáłí (Navajo): calendar
Ancestry of “yoołkáłí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | yoołkááł | to become day, daytime; to be a date, day; day,... |
| 2 | Navajo | yi- | night, dawn |
| 3 | Navajo | ní- | — |
| 4 | Navajo | ł- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-ɬ | — |