Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/ʔmɛto

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 *mʔai-(h)-to, from Proto-Oto-Manguean **(Y)(n)(H)ta(h)¹/².

Noun

*ʔmɛto

1. grandchild

Descendants

• Mezquital Otomi: ꞌbe̱to

References

• Bartholomew, Doris (1960 October) “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, number 4, pages 317–329: “31. *ʔm *ʔmɛto grandchild”
• Newman, Stanley, Weitlaner, Robert (1950 January) “Central Otomian I: Proto-Otomi Reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, number 1, pages 1–19: “2. *ʔbɛto grandchild”