Where does “yetamalli” come from?

yetamalli (Central Nahuatl) comes from Central Nahuatl tamalli, from Classical Nahuatl tamalli — a small cake of cornmeal dough that is cooked and...

yetamalli (Central Nahuatl): bean tamale

Definitions

  1. bean tamale

Ancestry of “yetamalli”, step by step

yetamalli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Nahuatl tamalli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Nahuatltamallitamale
2Classical Nahuatltamallia small cake of cornmeal dough that is cooked and...

via Central Nahuatl yetl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Nahuatlyetlbean
Every word from Classical Nahuatl tamalli →Every word from Central Nahuatl tamalli →