Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/sanik

This Proto-Mayan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Mayan

Noun

*sanik

ant

Descendants

Kaqchikel: sanïk, sanik
Yucatec Maya: síinik

References

Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎, pages 666–667: “pM *sanik”
Wichmann, Søren; Brown, Cecil H. (2011), “Syllable Nuclei of Proto-Mayan Disyllabic Stems”, in Avelino, Heriberto, editor, New Perspectives in Mayan Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 316–342: “*asnikʼ “ant””