Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ȼapotl
Proto-Nahuan edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
*ȼapotl
Descendants edit
- Classical Nahuatl: tzapotl
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: tzapoꞌ (“banana”)
- Michoacán Nahuatl: tzapol
- Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl: tzapotl (“banana”)
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tzapotl
- → Spanish: chapote
- → Spanish: zapote
References edit
- 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: “(198) zapote *ȼapo-”