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Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *nəš-x (“to move quickly”).
Cognate root found in Chipewyan násnís (“I move quickly”), Northern Tutchone naɣadəlniš (“he is working”).
Root
-NISH
- to work
Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -NISH (work)