Where does “ohuaatl” come from?

ohuaatl (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl) comes from Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl atl, from Proto-Nahuan aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

ohuaatl (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl): sugarcane juice

Definitions

  1. sugarcane juice

Ancestry of “ohuaatl”, step by step

ohuaatl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl atl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Eastern Huasteca Nahuatlatlwater
2Proto-Nahuanaatlwater
3Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater

via Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ohuatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Eastern Huasteca Nahuatlohuatlsugarcane
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan aatl →Every word from Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl atl →