Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/šiphani

This Proto-Otomi 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-Otomi

Etymology

From Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *si-pah-nʔ/-n, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *kʷa(h)(ʔ)¹/².

Noun

*šiphani

1. skin

Descendants

• Mezquital Otomi: xifri

References

• Bartholomew, Doris (1960 October) “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 317–329: “93. *šiphani, skin”