Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/hmę

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 *mhẽ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(H)wi(h)(n).

Noun

*hmę

1. tortilla

Descendants

• Mezquital Otomi: hme
• Querétaro Otomi: hme

References

• 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: “178. *hmę tortilla.”