Where does “*tènè” come from?

*tènè (Proto-Chatino) comes from Proto-Zapotecan *tyene, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n) — blood.

*tènè (Proto-Chatino): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “*tènè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Zapotecan*tyeneblood
2Proto-Oto-Manguean*ni(n)blood

Words derived from “*tènè”

Every word from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n) →Every word from Proto-Zapotecan *tyene →