Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/sejeʔ

This Proto-Chatino 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-Chatino

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *seteʔ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *tin.

Noun

*sejeʔ

1. salt

Descendants

• Teojomulco Chatino: sée
• Core Chatino: *tejeʔ
  • Zenzontepec Chatino:
  • Coastal Chatino:
    • Tataltepec Chatino: tejeꞌ
    • Eastern Chatino:
      • Western Highland Chatino: tejeꞌ²³

References

• Sullivant, J. Ryan (2016 October) “Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 82, number 4, →DOI, pages 393–423
• Upson, B. W., Longacre, Robert E. (1965 October) “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 312–322: “188. *te·heʔ salt”