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Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/koolootl

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

Noun

*koolootl

  1. scorpion

Descendants
  • Classical Nahuatl: cōlōtl
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: co̱lo̱ꞌ
  • Morelos Nahuatl: kolotl
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: colotl
  • Pipil: kulut
  • Pochutec: culuʹt
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: culutl
  • Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: colotl
  • → Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: culūtl

References
  • 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: “(139) scorpion *kooloo-”
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