Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotec/kw-eʔtti(k)

This Proto-Zapotec 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-Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *kw-eʔtti(k).

Noun

*kw-eʔtti(k)

skunk

Descendants

Isthmus Zapotec: beꞌteꞌ
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: baat
Yatzachi Zapotec: bet
Zoogocho Zapotec: bet

References

Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎, page 16: “kw+ e7tti(k)”