Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aatl

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

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa-ta.

Noun

*aatl

1. water

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: ātl
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: atl
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱ꞌ
• Pipil: āt
• Temascaltepec Nahuatl: atl
• ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱ꞌti
• ⇒ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ötzintli̱

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: “(186) water *aa-”