Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/okotl

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 *wokon-ta.

Noun

*okotl

1. pine tree
2. pine torch, ocote torch

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: ocotl
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: ocoꞌ
• → Spanish: ocote

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: “(126) pine, kindling *oko-”