Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/iiš-

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 *pusi-ta (“eye”).

Noun

*iiš-tlɨ

  1. (anatomy) face

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: īxtli

References

  • 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: “(55) face *iiš-”
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