Reconstruction:Proto-Takic/taka

This Proto-Takic 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-Takic

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka (“person”).

Noun

*taka

1. person

Descendants

• ⇒ Cahuilla: taxliswet (first syllable)
• → English: Takic (coined based on this reconstruction)

References

• Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages →ISBN, 1997)