< Reconstruction:Proto-Otomian
Reconstruction:Proto-Otomian/ʔi
Proto-Otomian
Etymology
From Proto-Oto-Pamean *(m)ʔi, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ʔki³.
Noun
*ʔi
- chili pepper
Descendants
- Central Mazahua: íꞌi
- Proto-Otomi: *nʔi
- Mezquital Otomi: ñꞌi
References
- Newman, Stanley; Weitlaner, Robert (April 1950), “Central Otomian II: Primitive Central Otomian reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, issue 2, DOI:, JSTOR 1262851, pages 73–81: “7. *ʔi chile.”