Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aamatl

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

1. a kind of fig tree (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. paper

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-”