Where does “benda” come from?

benda (Isthmus Zapotec) comes from Proto-Zapotec *kw-ella, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella — fish.

benda (Isthmus Zapotec): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “benda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Zapotec*kw-ellasister of a female
2Proto-Zapotecan*kw-ellafish
Every word from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella →Every word from Proto-Zapotec *kw-ella →
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