Where does “abäj tew” come from?

abäj tew (K'iche') comes from K'iche' abäj, from Proto-Mayan *ʔaʔbʼaj.

abäj tew (K'iche'): frost

Definitions

  1. frost

Ancestry of “abäj tew”, step by step

abäj tew traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via K'iche' abäj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1K'iche'abäjstone, rock
2Proto-Mayan*ʔaʔbʼaj—

via Proto-Indo-European tew-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantew-to be attentive in a friendly manner; to swell;...
Every word from Proto-Mayan *ʔaʔbʼaj →Every word from K'iche' abäj →