Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kʷeną

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

*kʷe- (“animal”) +‎ *-ną (“snake”), from Proto-Zapotecan [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)(ʔ)yan³.

Noun

*kʷeną

snake

Descendants

Tataltepec Chatino: cuaña̱
Western Highland Chatino: kunan³², kwinan

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: “10. *kʷeną snake”