Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/kaahn
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This Proto-Mayan 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-Mayan
Noun
*kaahn
Descendants
- Ch'orti': chan
- Kaqchikel: Kan (“Snake (calendar sign)”)
- Lacandon: kan
- Tzeltal: chan
- Tzotzil: chon
- Wastek: tsan
- Yucatec Maya: kaan
References
- Brown, Cecil H., Wichmann, Søren (2004 April) “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, , pages 128–186: “*kaahnʼ ‘snake’”
- Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary, pages 636–637: “pM *kaan”