Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aayootl

This Proto-Nahuan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Nahuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *aya-wɨt-ta (“big tortoise”).

Noun

*aayootl

tortoise, turtle

Descendants

Classical Nahuatl: āyōtl
Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öyutl
⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱yo̱tzi̱n
⇒ Pipil: āyūtzin

References

Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, issue 4, pages 262–279: “(179) turtle *aayoo-”

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