Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/mičɨm

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

Possibly from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *muci.[1]

Noun

*mičɨm

  1. fish

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: michin
  • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: michi
  • Pipil: michin
  • Pochutec: michoʹm

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “895. *musi / *muci ‘fish’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 176
  • 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: “(61) fish *mičɨm”
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