Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ooȼtli

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

Etymology

Cf. Hopi ööyi.

Noun

*ooȼtli

1. pregnant woman

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: ōtztli
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: utztli̱

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: “(129) pregant *ooȼ-”