Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/sikoʔ

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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Verb

*sikoʔ

1. sell

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: xikó
• Chayuco Mixtec: xico
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xiko
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: xícó
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xīcó
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: di̱kó
• Yosondúa Mixtec: xiko

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “105) *sikoʔ / "to sell"”