Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/tomatl

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

Noun

*tomatl

1. tomatillo

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: tomatl
  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tomatl
  • → Spanish: tomate (see there for further descendants)
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: tomatl
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: tomaꞌ
• Morelos Nahuatl: tomatl
• Pipil: tumat

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: “(175) tomato *toma-”