Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/kaan

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

Adverb

*kaan

1. where

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: cān
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: cá̱n

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: “(189) where *kaa(n)”