Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/meeȼtli

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 *mïca-ta.

Noun

*meeȼtli

1. moon

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: mētztli
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: metztli
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: me̱tzti
• Pipil: mētzti
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mietztli̱
• Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: metztli

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: “(109) moon *meeȼ-”