Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/masaatl

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Noun

*masaatl

1. deer

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: mazātl
• Morelos Nahuatl: masatl
• Pipil: masāt
• Pochutec: meçaʹt
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: masötl
• Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: masatl
• → Kaqchikel: masat
• → K'iche': masat

References

• 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: “(42) deer *masaa-”