Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/koolootl

This Proto-Nahuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Nahuan

Noun

*koolootl

1. scorpion

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: cōlōtl
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: co̱lo̱ꞌ
• Morelos Nahuatl: kolotl
• Northern Puebla Nahuatl: colotl
• Pipil: kulut
• Pochutec: culuʹt
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: culutl
• Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: colotl
• → Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: culūtl

References

• Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(139) scorpion *kooloo-”