Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kʷeną
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This Proto-Chatino entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Chatino
Etymology
*kʷe- (“animal”) + *-ną (“snake”), from Proto-Zapotecan , from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)(ʔ)yan³.
Noun
*kʷeną
Descendants
References
- Upson, B. W., Longacre, Robert E. (1965 October) “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, number 4, , →JSTOR, pages 312–322: “10. *kʷeną snake”