Where does “yaaʼ tú silááda” come from?

yaaʼ tú silááda (Western Apache) comes from Western Apache tú silááda, from Western Apache tú, from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ — water; juice of a fruit.

yaaʼ tú silááda (Western Apache): commando, navy SEAL, special forces, legionnaire

Definitions

  1. commando, navy SEAL, special forces, legionnaire

Ancestry of “yaaʼ tú silááda”, step by step

yaaʼ tú silááda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Western Apache tú silááda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Western Apachetú siláádaMarine
2Western Apachetúwater
3Proto-Athabaskantuˑwater; juice of a fruit

via Western Apache yaaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Western Apacheyaaʼsky
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan tuˑ →Every word from Western Apache tú →Every word from Western Apache tú silááda →