Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/keku

This Proto-Chatino 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-Chatino

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *keeʔku, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(h)kʷe(n)³.

Noun

*keku

well
river

Descendants

Core Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
  - Tataltepec Chatino: chcu
  - Eastern Chatino:
    - Nopala Chatino: chko (Santos Reyes Nopala)
    - Western Highland Chatino: chku²¹

References

Upson, B. W.; Longacre, Robert E. (October 1965), “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, issue 4, DOI:10.1086/464861, JSTOR 1264039, pages 312–322: “171. *keku river, spring”