Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/petlatl

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

Ultimately from Proto-Mixe-Zoque [Term?].

Noun

*petlatl

1. mat

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: petlatl
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: petaꞌ
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: petlal
• → Spanish: petate

References

• Dakin, Karen (1983 April) “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. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(194) woven mat *pətla-”