Reconstruction:Proto-Oto-Pamean/-tao

This Proto-Oto-Pamean 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-Oto-Pamean

Etymology

From Proto-Oto-Manguean *(Y)te(H)³.

Noun

*-tao

1. eye

Descendants

• Proto-Otomian:
  • Central Mazahua: ndöꞌö
  • Proto-Otomi: *dɔ
    • Mezquital Otomi: dá

References

• Bartholomew, Doris Aileen (1965) The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico)‎^[1], page 254: “555. “Ojo--eye” *-tao”