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Where does “totolcuitlatl” come from?

totolcuitlatl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl cuitlatl, from Proto-Nahuan kʷitlatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan kwitaC.

totolcuitlatl (Classical Nahuatl): chicken excrement, chicken manure

Definitions

  1. chicken excrement, chicken manure

Ancestry of “totolcuitlatl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlcuitlatlExcrement; feces
2Proto-Nahuankʷitlatlexcrement
3Proto-Uto-AztecankwitaC—
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan kwitaC →