Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/koolootl

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Noun

*koolootl

scorpion

Descendants

Classical Nahuatl: cōlōtl
Mecayapan Nahuatl: co̱lo̱ꞌ
Morelos Nahuatl: kolotl
Northern Puebla Nahuatl: colotl
Pipil: kulut
Tetelcingo Nahuatl: culutl
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: colotl

References

Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, issue 4, pages 262–279: “(139) scorpion *kooloo-”