Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/mʉi

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 *mʉ-mʔ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean **wi(n)³.

Noun

*mʉi

1. heart

Descendants

• Mezquital Otomi: mu̱i

References

• Bartholomew, Doris (1960 October) “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, number 4, pages 317–329: “4. *m(V) *mʉi heart”