Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotecan/kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa

This Proto-Zapotecan 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-Zapotecan

Noun

*kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa

1. squirrel

Descendants

• Proto-Chatino: *tisá
  • Core Chatino: *titá
    • Coastal Chatino:
      • Eastern Chatino:
        • Eastern Highland Chatino: titya (Santa María Yolotepec)
        • Western Highland Chatino: tya²
• Proto-Zapotec: *kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa
  • Isthmus Zapotec: chisa
  • San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: bdzɨz
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: biachez
  • Zoogocho Zapotec: biꞌachez

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎^[1], page 47: “kw+ tyi:7(s)sa”