Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/tlaaka-

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 *takaC-ta.

Noun

*tlaaka-tl

  1. man

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: tlācatl
  • Pipil: takat

References

  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 274 of 262–279: “(252) man *tlaaka-”
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