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Where does “tetl” come from?

tetl (Proto-Nahuan) comes from Proto-Uto-Aztecan tïn — rock, stone.

tetl (Proto-Nahuan): stone, rock

Definitions

  1. stone, rock

Ancestry of “tetl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uto-Aztecantïnrock, stone

Words derived from “tetl”

  • tezontle
  • tezontle
  • tejocote
  • atoyatetl
  • coatetl
  • icpatetl
  • icpatetontli
  • canauhtetl
  • tetl
  • texocotl
  • tapalcatemalacatl
  • temalacatl
  • tenextli
  • tetontli
  • tototetl
  • miccatetl
  • tecuappantli
  • techinamitl
  • tlaxcaltexcalli
  • texcalli
  • tetzontli
  • tliltetl
  • xaltetl
  • tetlah
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