Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ȼapotl

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

Cognate with Huichol sapú.

Noun

*ȼapotl

sapote

Descendants

Classical Nahuatl: tzapotl
Mecayapan Nahuatl: tzapoꞌ (“banana”)
Michoacán Nahuatl: tzapol
Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl: tzapotl (“banana”)
Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tzapotl
→ Spanish: chapote
→ Spanish: zapote
- → English: sapote
- → Yaqui: sapóote

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: “(198) zapote *ȼapo-”

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