Where does “axolot” come from?

axolot (Romanian) comes from French axolotl, from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, from Classical Nahuatl ātl, from Proto-Nahuan *aa-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

axolot (Romanian): axolotl

Definitions

  1. axolotl

Ancestry of “axolot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaxolotlaxolotl
2Classical Nahuatlāxōlōtlan edible larval salamander
3Classical NahuatlātlAlternative spelling of atl; water
4Proto-Nahuan*aa-water
5Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan *aa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl ātl →