Reconstruction:Proto-Otomian/minʔyo

This Proto-Otomian 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-Otomian

Etymology

From Proto-Oto-Pamean *nʔio, from Proto-Oto-Manguean **(ʔ)ya(H)(n)².

Noun

*minʔyo

coyote

Descendants

Central Mazahua: mindyo
Otomi: *mįnʔyo
- Mezquital Otomi: miñꞌyo

References

Newman, Stanley; Weitlaner, Robert (April 1950), “Central Otomian II: Primitive Central Otomian reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, issue 2, pages 73–81: “197,^[sic] *minʔyo coyote.”