Where does “Mixtecan” come from?

Mixtecan (English) comes from English ān, from Middle English ān, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Mixtecan (English): Of or relating to a branch of the Otomanguean...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a branch of the Otomanguean...

Ancestry of “Mixtecan”, step by step

Mixtecan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Mixtec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMixtecA member of a Mesoamerican people who live...
2SpanishmixtecoMixtec
3Classical NahuatlmixtecatlA Mixtec
4Classical Nahuatlmixtlicloud

Words derived from “Mixtecan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ainaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ain →