Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ȼapotl

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

Cognate with Huichol sapú.

Noun

*ȼapotl

1. sapote

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: tzapotl
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: tzapoꞌ (“banana”)
• Michoacán Nahuatl: tzapol
• Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl: tzapotl (“banana”)
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tzapotl
• → Spanish: chapote
• → Spanish: zapote
  • → English: sapote
  • → Yaqui: sapóote

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-”