Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aayootl
Proto-Nahuan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Uto-Aztecan *aya-wɨt-ta (“big tortoise”).
Noun
edit*aayootl
Descendants
edit- Classical Nahuatl: āyōtl
- Pochutec: ayuʹt
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öyutl
- ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱yo̱tzi̱n
- ⇒ Pipil: āyūtzin
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: “(179) turtle *aayoo-”