Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/petlatl

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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

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Mixe-Zoque .

Noun

*petlatl

  1. mat

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: petlatl
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: petaꞌ
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: petlal
  • Pipil: petat
  • Spanish: petate

References

  • Dakin, Karen (1983 April) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels and Pochutec: An Alternative Analysis”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 49, number 2, pages 169–203
  • 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:(194) woven mat *pətla-