Reconstruction:Proto-Oto-Pamean/nʔio

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 *(ʔ)ya(H)(n)².

Noun

*nʔio

1. coyote

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-Otomian: *minʔyo
  • Central Mazahua: mindyo
  • Proto-Otomi: *mįnʔyo
    • Mezquital Otomi: miñꞌyo
    • Estado de México Otomi: miñö

References

• Bartholomew, Doris Aileen (1965) The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico)‎^[1], page 220: “219. “Coyote” *nʔio”