Where does “cuicanitototl” come from?

cuicanitototl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl cuīcani, from Classical Nahuatl -ni — Marks a verb's habitual or customary present...

cuicanitototl (Classical Nahuatl): songbird

Definitions

  1. songbird

Ancestry of “cuicanitototl”, step by step

cuicanitototl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl cuīcani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlcuīcanisinger
2Classical Nahuatl-niMarks a verb's habitual or customary present...

via Classical Nahuatl tōtōtl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltōtōtlbird; it is a bird
Every word from Classical Nahuatl -ni →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cuīcani →