Where does “cuauhnexatl” come from?

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

cuauhnexatl (Classical Nahuatl): it is a beverage of boiled maize and ashes

Definitions

  1. it is a beverage of boiled maize and ashes

Ancestry of “cuauhnexatl”, step by step

cuauhnexatl 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 cuauhnextli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlcuauhnextli—
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan *aa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl ātl →
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