Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/siko

This Proto-Mixtec 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-Mixtec

Etymology

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Noun

*siko

1. smell

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: xico
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xiko
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: xícò
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xīco
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: díko̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: xiko

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “14) olor / smell / *siko”