Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/aač-

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.
This Proto-Nahuan entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nahuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paʼti-ta.

Noun

*aač-tlɨ

  1. older brother

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: āchtli

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “305. *paʼti / *paCtiʼi / *pa-ci (AMR) ‘older sibling’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 97