Reconstruction:Proto-Oto-Pamean/kʔĩ-mia

This Proto-Oto-Pamean 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-Oto-Pamean

Etymology

From Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)(ʔ)yan³.

Noun

*kʔĩ-mia

1. snake

Descendants

• Proto-Otomian:
  • Mazahua:
    • Central Mazahua: qꞌuijmi
  • Proto-Otomi: *kʔɛ̨yą
    • Mezquital Otomi: kꞌeñä

References

• Bartholomew, Doris Aileen (1965) The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico)‎^[1], page 221: “230. “Culebra--snake” *kʔĩ-mia”