Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ȼapotl
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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
Noun
*ȼapotl
Descendants
- Classical Nahuatl: tzapotl
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: tzapoꞌ (“banana”)
- Michoacán Nahuatl: tzapol
- Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl: tzapotl (“banana”)
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tzapotl
- → Spanish: chapote
- → Spanish: zapote
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: “(198) zapote *ȼapo-”