Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/miktia

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

*miki (“to die”) +‎ *-tia (causative)

Verb

*miktia

1. (transitive) kill

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: mictia
• Pipil: miktia

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: “(94) kill *mɨktia”