Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/ʔam

This Proto-Mayan 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-Mayan

Noun

*ʔam

spider

Descendants

Kaqchikel: am, äm, än, on, öm
Yucatec Maya: am

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, pages 128–186: “*Am ‘spider’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 698–699: “pM *7am [?diffused from Mije-Sokean *7:amu]”