Where does “āehēcatl” come from?

āehēcatl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl ātl, from Proto-Nahuan *aa-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

āehēcatl (Classical Nahuatl): oceanic wind

Definitions

  1. oceanic wind

Ancestry of “āehēcatl”, step by step

āehēcatl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl ātl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlātlAlternative spelling of atl; water
2Proto-Nahuan*aa-water
3Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater

via Classical Nahuatl ehēcatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlehēcatlwind
2Classical Nahuatlehcatlwind

Words derived from “āehēcatl”

Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan *aa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl ātl →