Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/masaa-

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 *masa-ta.[1]

Noun

*masaa-tl

  1. deer

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: mazātl
  • Morelos Nahuatl: masatl
  • Pipil: masāt
  • Pochutec: meçaʹt
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: masötl
  • Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: masatl
  • → Kaqchikel: masat
  • → K'iche': masat

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “641a. *masa / *maso 'deer'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 144
  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 263 of 262–279: “(42) deer *masaa-”
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