Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/tʔo

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 *tʔo, from Proto-Oto-Pamean *tʔo, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *tan³.

Noun

*tʔo

1. louse

Descendants

• Mezquital Otomi: tꞌo

References

• Newman, Stanley, Weitlaner, Robert (1950 January) “Central Otomian I: Proto-Otomi reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 1–19: “287. *tʔo louse.”