Where does “nahuilhuitl” come from?
nahuilhuitl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl nāhui, from Proto-Nahuan *naawɨ.
nahuilhuitl (Classical Nahuatl): A period of four days
Ancestry of “nahuilhuitl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Nahuatl | nāhui | four |
| 2 | Proto-Nahuan | *naawɨ | — |