Where does “esmiqui” come from?

esmiqui (Mecayapan Nahuatl) comes from Mecayapan Nahuatl esti, from Proto-Nahuan *əs- — blood.

esmiqui (Mecayapan Nahuatl): be bruised

Definitions

  1. be bruised

Ancestry of “esmiqui”, step by step

esmiqui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mecayapan Nahuatl esti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mecayapan Nahuatlestiblood
2Proto-Nahuan*əs-blood

via Mecayapan Nahuatl miqui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mecayapan Nahuatlmiqui—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *əs- →Every word from Mecayapan Nahuatl esti →
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