Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aamatl
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This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan
Noun
*aamatl
Descendants
- Classical Nahuatl: āmatl (“paper”)
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: a̱mat (“paper”)
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱maꞌ (“fig sp.; paper”)
- Northern Puebla Nahuatl: amatl (“paper”)
- Pipil: āmat (“fig sp.; paper; book”)
- Pochutec: ameʹt (“paper”)
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ömatl (“paper”)
References
- Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(124) paper (amate, a species of fig tree) *aama-”