Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotec/kw-eʔtti(k)

This Proto-Zapotec 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-Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *kw-eʔtti(k).

Noun

*kw-eʔtti(k)

1. skunk

Descendants

• Isthmus Zapotec: beꞌteꞌ
• San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: baat
• Yatzachi Zapotec: bet
• Zoogocho Zapotec: bet

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎^[1], page 16: “kw+ e7tti(k)”