Where does “Axolotl” come from?

Axolotl (German) comes from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, from Classical Nahuatl ātl, from Proto-Nahuan *aa-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

Axolotl (German): axolotl

Definitions

  1. axolotl

Ancestry of “Axolotl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlāxōlōtlan edible larval salamander
2Classical NahuatlātlAlternative spelling of atl; water
3Proto-Nahuan*aa-water
4Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan *aa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl ātl →