Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/keku

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

From Proto-Zapotecan *keeʔku, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(h)kʷe(n)³.

Noun

*keku

1. well
2. river

Descendants

• Core Chatino:
  • Coastal Chatino:
    • Tataltepec Chatino: chcu
    • Eastern Chatino:
      • Nopala Chatino: chko (Santos Reyes Nopala)
      • Western Highland Chatino: chku²¹

References

• Upson, B. W., Longacre, Robert E. (1965 October) “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 312–322: “171. *keku river, spring”