Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/eeyɨ

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 *pakay.

Numeral

*eeyɨ

  1. three

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: ēyi
  • Pipil: yēy

References

  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 268 of 262–279:(169) three *eeyɨ