Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aayootl

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 *aya-wɨt-ta (“big tortoise”).

Noun

*aayootl

1. tortoise, turtle

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: āyōtl
• Pochutec: ayuʹt
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öyutl
• ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱yo̱tzi̱n
• ⇒ Pipil: āyūtzin

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: “(179) turtle *aayoo-”