Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/meeȼtli

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mïca-ta.

Noun

*meeȼtli

moon

Descendants

Classical Nahuatl: mētztli
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: metztli
Mecayapan Nahuatl: me̱tzti
Pipil: mētzti
Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mietztli̱
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: metztli

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: “(109) moon *meeȼ-”