Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotecan/nissa

This Proto-Zapotecan 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-Zapotecan

Noun

*nissa

1. water

Descendants

• Proto-Chatino: *ʔita
• Proto-Zapotec: *nissa
  • Isthmus Zapotec: nisa
  • San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: nis
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: nis
  • Zoogocho Zapotec: nis

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎^[1], page 37: “nissa”