Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/šoočɨ-

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *soci-ta.[1]

Noun

*šoočɨ-tl

  1. flower

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: xōchitl
  • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: xochitl
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: xo̱chiꞌ
  • Michoacán Nahuatl: xuchil
  • Pochutec: xuchoʹt
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xuchi̱tl

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “907d. Azt *soci ‘flower’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 178
  • Dakin, Karen (April 1983), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels and Pochutec: An Alternative Analysis”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 49, number 2, pages 169–203
  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 264 of 262–279: “(63) flower *šoočɨ-”
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